Participation

Women who, on being properly informed, organize themselves into groups and are desirous of saving a monthly amount, however small, attesting to their determination are counted in as participants of the Women's Development Programme. But there are also other opportunities for participation – meetings, training events, social change initiatives. For the purposes of training, targets have been worked out based on certain assumptions. In the case of gender courses involving men and women, for instance, 30 per cent of the group members are aimed at. The idea is to have a critical mass of men being gender-friendly in the community. Many such bases change frequently and so do the targets. Here is the latest update.

  Target Progress Progress %
Group membership      
  › Women of all communities 4,156,973 1,078,543 25.95
  › Women of craft communities   162,707  
  › Women of ethnic communities   387,582  
Training activities      
  › Orientation courses 1,078,543 575,800 53.38
  › Leadership courses 160,006 37,632 23.52
  › Gender courses 647,125 96,649 14.94
  › Reproductive health care courses 218,140 121,513 55.70
  › Community protection 218,140 15,557 7.13
  › Business development courses 1,078,543 163,959 15.20
  › Yearly benchmarking exercises 3,656 1,749 47.83
Resource mobilisation      
  › Savings
     • Total
     • Per member
 
Rs. 169,654 Lakhs
Rs. 15,730
 
Rs. 45,998 Lakhs
Rs. 4,264
 
27.11
27.11
Revolving funds Rs. 3157 Lakhs Rs. 1474 Lakhs 46.6
Protection services      
  › Watch group initiatives 22,858 9,553 41.79
  › Community service centres 1,828 120 6.56