Woman empowerment center at uttan

Though India is developing economically and technologically by leaps and bounds, women here still continue
to be discriminated. Jawaharlal Nehru said You can tell the condition of the nation by looking at the status of
women. According to Mahatma Gandhi, If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate
a woman you educate an entire family.
Women too should be allowed to study and work and should be made aware of their role in the support and
safety of their family. A large section of women in India, both in rural and urban slums need to be educated
and empowered.
As the rst step, Indian Development Foundation launched its rst women empowerment programme at
Hyderabad in collaboration with Centre for Social Service. A group of women were presented with tailoring
machine and embroidery machine. Now the project has taken good shape and the trained women are able
to make products which can help them to generate income for their livelihood.
IDF in its next step is going ahead in educating the women in urban slums, particularly parents of the children
studying in IDF Bal Gurukuls. The programme is designed to suit the home-makers as it will help them to get
acclimatized with their wards education.

List of IDF Women Empowerment Programmes Project S3 in India

1. IDF CSS NAM Women Centre, Hayat Nagar,
Hyderabad.
2. Nalgonda Youth Positive Society, Nalgonda
3. Ashirwad IDF Kuttu Shikshana Kendram, Nalgonda
4. St.Thomas Marthoma Women Centre, Pathanwadi,
Mumbai
5. Rajaram Sheth Women Centre, Bhandup, Mumbai
6. Prarambh Sarva Sakhi Swabhiman, Batta Basti,
Jaipur
7. Sarthak Women Empowerment Centre, Ramgarh,
Jaipur
8. Indira Gandhi Women Empowerment Centre,
Ethumakkandi, Nilgiris
9. Ethaiman Women Empowerment Centre, Denalai,
Nilgiris
10. Computer Training Centre, Somanahalli
11. Divya Gyan Women Empowerment Centre,
Canacona, Goa
12. Savitribai Phule Training Centre, Sadar Block,
Pakardar, Basti, UP

Site Analysis:

Uttan is a coastal town just north of Mumbai in Thane district of Maharashtra. A coastal town, it
comes under the jurisdiction of the Mira-Bhayander civic council. Part Jurisdiction is also handed
over to the Mumbai Meteropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA. However the locals
have been opposing it, since the Tourism Plan proposed by the MMRDA will hamper the peace and
tanquility of the locals. The area is famed for its beach, and fresh sh stock,visited by city-goers
over the weekend. It is also famous for its lighthouse. The area has a signicant East Indian
Catholic population. Uttan is also famous for the Our Lady Of Sea,Uttan.It is an important aspect in
the life of native Uttankars(people staying in uttan).The people are very religious and rm believers
in God. Recently, a lot of unauthorized construction has happened in Uttan, which poses a great
environmental and cultural threat.
Uttan is a coastal village known for its delicious sea food, quiet locales and sparsely populated
areas. This village has much fresh sh like prawns, bombil, bangara, pomfret and chala sh that
the locals at Uttan village eat. The sh normally is eaten with a at bread called bhakari or with rice
called ghavan.
Uttan is located 7 km away from Bhayandar and is full of people of the Koli community.

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Case studies identied:

SNEHA FOUNDATION, Santacruz
Woman india Trust , Mahim
Akshara center , Bandra