Women Empowerment

Women are organized in Self-Help Groups to encourage habits of savings, thrift and income generation. These women are provided vocational trainings on livelihood options such as food-processing, tailoring, embroidery and linkages are created with banks DRDA, NABARD etc. Women are made aware of their rights and entitlements and the benefits of education, health, hygiene, nutrition and sanitation. Their wards are encouraged to go to the formal school system. The women of the community who were earlier used to be behind Pardas are encouraged to and do participate in the Gram Sabha meetings. The elected women representatives of Panchayat are trained in leadership development to be able to discharge their responsibilities more effectively.  Tirhut Samagra Vikas Parishad also emphasized on functional literacy and plan to develop three-fold women organization i.e. SHG, Cluster and Cooperative. Till now 52000 women are organized in 5200 SHGs at 30 Blocks of 4 Districts of Bihar.