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Objective:
Strengthening process that will
promote the social and economic development of
women and thereby create an environment for social
change to improve their quality of life. |
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Vision:
Form strong self help grops (SHGs)
of women living in poverty, inform, train and
equip them so that they can access and control
over resources and improve thier own lives and
that of their families and communities. |
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Name
of the project |
SWA SHAKTI |
Selected
Districts (15) |
Aligarh, Allahabad, Etah, Etawah(Auriya),
Fatehpur, Mainpuri, Pratapgarh, Raebareli,
Sultanpur, Harodi, Kanpur- dehat, Jaunpur,
Unnao. |
Project
Period |
1
Oct. 1998 to March 2004. |
Physical
Target |
4,000 self
help groups. |
Porject
Cost |
Rs.
62 Crore |
Funding
Agencies |
World
Bank and IFAD |
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Major
Output |
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Capacity
Building
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Mutual support enabling women to manage
their own affairs.
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Increased self-reliance and self-confidence
to address constraints faced by women;
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Framework for cost-effective
delievery of financial and technical
services;
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Increased ability of women to mobilize
public and private sector services
for their benefit; and
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Improvement in the social status of
women in the family and community.
Strengthen the Agencies
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Improved orientation and attitude of
support agencies, enabling them to be
more aware of women's priorities and
more proactive and effective in addressing
women's specific needs; and
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Improvement in level of services by
women from from banks and line deparments.
Mobilisation of investments
funds
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Inculcation of savings habit and developents
of credit management skills:
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Building apool of creaditworthy clints:
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Increased long term access of women
to credit through itergration into mainstream
delivery mechansms for credit: an
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Red8uction in risks and transcition
costs of vbank as result of high repayment
rates of women's groups leadig to greater
willingness of the part of banks to
lend to poor women.
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