EMPOWERING DALIT COMMUNITY TO FIGHT AGAINST DISPOSSESSION AND VIOLENCE WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN & CHILDREN

PROJECT DETAILS

ActionAid India works in 25 states and 1 union territory of India, with a vision to A world without poverty, patriarchy and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to life with dignity.

EMPOWERING DALIT COMMUNITY TO FIGHT AGAINST DISPOSSESSION AND VIOLENCE WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN & CHILDREN

since: 2012

- Name Of The Initiative
- Empowering Dalit community to fight against dispossession and violence with a focus on women & children
- Allied Organisation
- Centre for All Round Development(CARD)
- Working together since
- 2014
- States
- Bihar
- Villages Reached
- 40
- Blocks Reached
- 2 ( Pusa, Kalyanpur)
- Districts Reached
- 1 Samastipur
- Vulnerable Groups Reached
- Dalits & Muslims
- Name Of Communities
- Paswan, Ram, Yadav, Pasi, Dhobi, Backward Muslims, Musahar, Bhangi, Dom, Nunia, Tatma
- Focus Areas Of Intervention
- Empowering the communities to access their rights over land, water, forests and other commons; advocating for their participation in public welfare schemes; restoring rights of women and girls, and ensuring their safety; ensuring the rights of children, their education and protection; and advocating for providig them with equal socio-economic opportunities.
- KeyWords
- Child; child rights; women rights; gender equality; education; PDS, welfare; schemes
- Families Benefited
- 5,448
- Population Benefited
- 38,235
- Women Benefited
- 12,437
- Men Benefited
- 13,309
- Children Benefited
- 12,489