2023-09-29
Mental Health Program
All across Indian states, and more specifically in the Vidharba region of Maharashtra, the farmer suicide crisis has reached a critical emergency level. ...
2023-09-29
Women Empowerment
Our goal is to utilize the unused potential of women by helping them to form self-help groups and empowering them through various income generation ...
2023-09-29
Youth Empowerment
India is a youth led country, with 70% of people under the age of 40. 34% of India's gross national income comes from young people, but this percentage ...
2023-09-29
Environment
UVS focuses on five main domains: clean water, clean air, waste management, biodiversity and renewable energy. Our goal is to educate young people about ...
2023-09-29
Regenerative Agriculture
In view of the problems of conventional farming such as water scarcity, soil depletion and biodiversity loss, UVS wants to facilitate the transition to ...
Women Empowerment
Our goal is to utilize the unused potential of women by helping them to form self-help groups and empowering them through various income generation schemes. We aim to infuse women with legal, social and financial awareness so that they can not only gain economic and independence, but also confidence.
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Maharashtra is one of the largest agricultural states in India, and farmers in this region play a very important role in the configuration and maintenance of the Indian economy. However, women in agriculture are affected by issues of recognition, leading to an absence of land rights, lack of entitlements to institutional credit, pensions and other universal privileges.
The chosen method to achieve these objectives is through a Self Help Group (SHG), notable for their success in economic development, social empowerment and poverty alleviation (Khasnabis et al., 2010). The programme’s overall goal is to engage in development activities with the provision of knowledge, skills, motivation, and competencies that are inline with UVS’ border goal of achieving sustainable agriculture.
Aiming to solve the problem, the SHG will be a vehicle to mobilise women to build up some savings in an entrepreneurial fashion. Through mutual support, SHGs can provide members with small loans for business purposes or in times of financial emergency caused by illness, accidents, funerals or otherwise. They can be a tool against indebtedness, and can also prepare women to build up credibility when scouting for microcredit later on.
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Under assistance of Zilla Parishad, UVS is providing vocational training to rural females to start their own venture and contribute to the family. Courses like beauty parlor, DTP training, Data entry operator training etc. courses are initiated for the empowerment of rural females.
Also as a member of White Ribbon Alliance and What Women Want, we have successfully implemented a project ‘Say No to GBV’. Females in our society are well aware of their rights, Gender based violence, legal supports against violence, government schemes, etc.
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What Women Want: Demands for Quality Healthcare for Women and Girls is “a global advocacy campaign to improve quality maternal and reproductive healthcare for women and girls and strengthen health systems. Through this survey, we specifically aim to Educate and empower individuals about the importance of quality, equity and dignity in women’s and girls’ healthcare, Support women and girls to demand access to high-quality and dignified care and place women’s and girls’ self-articulated needs at the center of health policies, programs and accountability. According to the survey on 5000 rural women conducted by UVS, the top 5 needed things were-
1. Respectful and dignified care (103,584)
2. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (90,625)
3. Medicines and supplies (82,805)
4. Increased, competent and better supported midwives and nurses (65,028)
5. Increased, fully functional and closer health facilities (59,388)
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Women’s Counseling Center’ is the project which provides free counseling, referral, and rehabilitative services to female victims who are in mortal danger in their family or society due to marital discord or maladjustment. The aim of this project is to empower women and encourage them to emerge as confident individuals that contribute financially to their households. We have found that prioritizing the capacity building of women-led efforts relating to education and income generation can be augmented by introducing women to various schemes.
In Washim, counseling, referral, and rehabilitative services are currently being provided free of charge to female victims. Also in Nagthana, UVS has vocational training, a Women’s Counseling Center, skill development programs, health checkup camps, and self-help group guidance programs to help bring women’s issues into the mainstream.