DHEW Ganderbal conducts awareness camp at Badampora

GANDERBAL, January 19: District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW) Mission Shakti Ganderbal in collaboration with Sakhi One Stop Centre and NRLM Ganderbal today conducted an awareness camp cum outreach programme at Badampora block Wakura, here.

Programme was attended by almost 200 people including adolescent girls, local women and registered SHGs beneficiaries of block Wakura, team from DHEW, OSC and NRLM.

On the occasion the participants were made aware about the working and functioning of the District Social Welfare department at district level besides awareness was raised on different schemes like Pension schemes, Scholarship schemes, Prosthetic Aids, SMAS etc.

The team also threw light on Women empowerment schemes available at District level such as DHEW, OSC, WHL 181, Shelter Home, Marriage Assistance Scheme, PMMVY and Employment generation schemes viz. Tejaswini, Mumkin, PMEGP, etc.

DHEW team provided awareness regarding updated schemes, criteria and documentation.

The team also gave detailed information on how DHEW-Mission Shakti is playing an effective role by providing awareness/training among young female folks to generate self-employment by taking advantage of available schemes at District level.

Problems such as domestic violence, eve teasing, cybercrimes and other problems faced by women and their solutions were also discussed.

Later, many women were linked under different schemes and pamphlets of all helplines were distributed among the ladies.