February 11, 2018
Angala (meaning the courtyard) is the women’s crisis intervention centre of Bengaluru-based women’s organisation, Vimochana. The centre was set up in 1993 to systematically reach out, respond and offer moral, social and legal support to women who are victims of violence and abuse both within marriage and outside, enabling them to lead a life of dignity free from violence.
Helpline-Crisis Intervention Centre:
Tel: +91-80-25492781 / 25494266
Email: angala1@vsnl.net
December 17, 2017
Azad foundation focusses on women who continue in abusive relationships because of their financial dependence on their husbands. The New Delhi-based organisation trains women in professions traditionally closed to them and helps them achieve financial independence.
Women undergo a half-year training course, which includes topics such as self-defence, women’s rights, sexuality and reproductive rights, effective communication, grooming and most importantly, driving, which will become their future vocation.
Contact
Tel: +91 11 4060 1878
Email: azadfoundation@gmail.com
Website: http://www.azadfoundation.com/
November 19, 2017
Aasra is a crisis intervention centre for the lonely, distressed, and suicidal. Their confidential helpline is answered by professionally trained volunteers. So, whatever the caller’s concerns are, she can be rest assured that she will receive non-judgmental and non-critical listening.
The centre’s mission – “We aim to help prevent and manage mental illness by providing voluntary, professional and essentially confidential care and support to the depressed and the suicidal”.
Callers can phone in or meet their volunteers or even write to be assured that a warm, caring, empathetic response is available.
24 Hour Helpline: 022-27546669
Office (10am to 7pm): 022-27546667
Email: aasrahelpline@yahoo.com
October 23, 2017
MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT | GOI
About Scheme
The Ministry has been administering ‘Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme’ since 1986-87 as a ‘Central Sector Scheme’. The STEP Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country.
The grant under the Scheme is given to an institution/ organisation including NGOs directly and not the States/ UTs. The assistance under STEP Scheme will be available in any sector for imparting skills related to employability and entrepreneurship, including but not limited to the Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Processing, Handlooms, Tailoring, Stitching, Embroidery, Zari etc, Handicrafts, Computer & IT enable services along with soft skills and skills for the work place such as spoken English, Gems & Jewellery, Travel & Tourism, Hospitality.
August 2, 2017
The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 ( Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt.of India ) to :
In keeping with its mandate, the Commission initiated various steps to improve the status of women and worked for their economic empowerment during the year under report. The Commission completed its visits to all the States / UTs except Lakshdweep and prepared Gender Profiles to assess the status of women and their empowerment. It received a large number of complaints and acted suo-moto in several cases to provide speedy justice.
It took up the issue of child marriage, sponsored legal awareness programmes, Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalats and reviewed laws such as Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, PNDT Act 1994, Indian Penal Code 1860 and the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to make them more stringent and effective. It organized workshops / consultations, constituted expert committees on economic empowerment of women, conducted workshops / seminars for gender awareness and took up publicity campaign against female foeticide, violence against women etc. in order to generate awareness in the society against these social evils.
Website: http://ncw.nic.in/