WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Why Women Empowerment?
Once, B R Ambedkar said, “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” In India, women form 50% of population, do 70% of work hours, earn 10% of salary and won 1% of property. Gender equality remains a burning issue even when women play equally important roles in driving the rural economy in India. Women have long-endured familial, communal, societal, and economic discrimination. We put women and girls at the heart of all our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty without fighting inequality. In a just and inclusive world, each individual must have equal rights and opportunities. When we invest in women and girls, we invest in strengthening their families and communities

Extent of the problem
Women movement is a movement which demands equal legal, economic & social rights for women. Women have always been facing the inequitable distribution of domestic chores besides other responsibilities such as fetching water, collecting firewood and even working in the farms. This is severely impacting their physical security, opportunities for adult education, overall productivity, income generation capacity, nutritional status, and overall health and well-being.

Our Approach
BTCF focuses on large scale interventions that build communities that are capable of empowering women and girls. BTCF aims to provide women with access to economic opportunities and enable their participation in decision-making, so that they become equal partners in the development process. BTCF looking for the freedom for womens, the freedom in the real sense of term is, possible only with the empowerment & participation of people in exercise of their capabilities of choice in society.

Objectives of the BTCF:

• 1. To give scope to the talents of rural women, to raise their standard of living, to reduce their hardships. .
• 2. Training Convincing the importance of savings and self-care to the women of the society and providing a market for the goods produced by them.
• 3. To implement activities and schemes to give scope to the talents of women.
• 4. Providing Education/Training of Chalk, Candles, Incense, Mehndi Rangoli, Handicrafts, Home Decoration etc. to women also Computer Training.
• 5. To implement education / training projects for personal development of women. E.g. Poultry Farming, Goat Farming etc.
• 6. To encourage women to become self-reliant.
• 7. Conducting various surveys regarding the social status of women, educational facilities and submitting reports to the government

UNO on Women Empowerment

1) UN Women founded in July 2010 is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women
2) Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality
Women's equality and empowerment is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Women and girls, everywhere, must have equal rights and opportunity, and be able to live free of violence and discrimination. SDG target to end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
3) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women