A journey of education, confidence, financial independence, decision-making, health, safety, self-awareness, and social responsibility.
our view, true empowerment is built on six important pillars:
Women’s empowerment is about having the right to think, decide, act, grow, and lead with dignity. Even today, many women continue to struggle for basic rights education, financial independence, participation in household decisions, ownership of their own finances, freedom to make choices about their health and children’s future, and protection from physical and emotional distress. For several years, Sarthak Welfare Foundation has been working with women’s self-help groups and communities in urban settlements and rural areas across Maharashtra through meaningful women empowerment initiatives.
DEFINING PROBLEM- Innovation nurtures entrepreneurship and gives opportunities to explore new ideas for commercialization and growth, leading to empowerment through skill development. This paper explores women empowerment by virtue of skill enhancement through entrepreneurship.
Following are some of the basic problems highlighted by various research studies undertaken by women entrepreneurs:
Lack of Information
Gender Inequality
Lack of Micro Financing Scheme
Lack of Skill Development
Lack of Entrepreneurship/Business Skills
Lack of Marketing Facilities
This programme is specially developed for women working in various production groups developed by the trust, from nearby villages. The prime objective of the program is to develop and enhance the basic skills of these women which are “stitching, patch work, quelling, cooking and crochet skills.