http://go.worldbank.org/8Z3GHYVJU0
After reading this article, I felt that World Bank through its
has made huge impact on the lives of poor women along with their families. Self Help groups also played a major role in this project. This project has led to eradication of several practises like Jogini(temple concubine), Child Marriage and all. It has prevented more than 5,000 child marriages and helped in letting joginis marry as per their wish. Moreover new schools have been opened up to educate the girls. This project has provided financial stabilty to women through its thrift savings program and easy loan availability. It has stopped women and children trafficking and domestic violence. This project advocates safe sex, family planning. It has also tried to resolve gender and economic issues by training and providing meaningful livelihood to women. Destitute women especially elderly women are provided with food security. Health insurance is also introduced for this women and almost 1.2 million SHG women have purchased life insurance cover. Women groups in Andhra Pradesh held against use of pesticides in farming and promoted natural pest control leading to cost cuts in cultivation. This Grassroot program has given political empowerment to women with 32000 women filing in nominations for variety of positions and 9500 women from SHG's and their federations have been elected at various levels.
The World Bank Project has taken its initiative to all 22 distrcits of Andhra Pradesh. It has also become a livilihood role model for other states, including Tamil Nadu and Bihar. Hope this success story is followed by more success in all parts of India which can only be called as true Women Empowerment.
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