Women's Collective

Women's Collective is working in about more than 1000 villages spread over 15 districts in Tamil Nadu. Women's Collective Mission is to organize, to create awareness and empower the marginalized particularly the women and children. All round empowerment of marginalized community particularly the women and children. Women's Collective organizes marginalized women, adolescents and children at the village level and form them into groups or what we term as sangams / clubs/ panchayaths. These members are given awareness about societal issues and their capacity is built. Elected representatives from the groups are formed into a regional level federation called Vattara / unit federa... read more Women's Collective is working in about more than 1000 villages spread over 15 districts in Tamil Nadu. Women's Collective Mission is to organize, to create awareness and empower the marginalized particularly the women and children. All round empowerment of marginalized community particularly the women and children. Women's Collective organizes marginalized women, adolescents and children at the village level and form them into groups or what we term as sangams / clubs/ panchayaths. These members are given awareness about societal issues and their capacity is built. Elected representatives from the groups are formed into a regional level federation called Vattara / unit federation. Representatives from Vattara unit are formed into a district level federation. The representatives from the district level federation form the State level federation. The unorganized workers are unionized and they are part of the Government workers board which extends scholarship to the workers children, health insurance, accidental benefir and death benefits. The women are organized to form Self Help Groups which facilitates savings and credit to the members to take up small business. The women farmers are organized to form women farmers group at village level to take up issues of natural farming. Women agricultural laborers are also organized into farmers group. They are organized as collective farming group to lease out land and to cultivate food crops to ensure nutritious food security at the household level. Each household is trained and facilitated to start kitchen gardening near their household and to cultivate at least 7 to 8 vegetables in their backyard, using kitchen waste water. The household having terraced houses are facilitated to start roof gardening to ensure food security at the household level. The children from the villages are organized into Children's panchayath and are given awareness about the societal issues. they are facilitated to be democratized leaders in future. They actively participate in Grama Sabha meetings express their demand and grievances to the elected local representatives. They plant trees during their birthdays. They save and support poor children from their own village for the purchase of books and note books. The Elders are organized and formed into elders association. They are made aware of their rights and they come together to share their problems. This serve as a group counseling process for them. Together they are able to get Government pension and other Government facilities. There is a strong campaign for safe food and safe water, focusing on bio- sand filters Women's Collective program Includes: 1. Self Help Group of women 2. Women Sangam at Village level 3.Women federation at Unit level 4.Women Federation at District level 5.Women Federation at State level 6. Children's Panchayath at Village level 7. Children Panchayath at Unit level 8.Children Panchayath at District level 9. Children Panchayth at State level 10. Elders group at Village level 11. Violence Against women and Children Committee at Village level 12. Youth group at village level Boys and Girls 13. Women Farmers group at village level 14. Women farmers group at unit level 15.Women farmers group at district level 16. Women farmers group at State level 17. Collective farming 18. Kitchen Gardening 19.Roof Gardening 20. Ecological farming 21. Bio sand water filter 22. Roof rain water harvesting 23. Promotion of Climate resilient crops 24. Campaign for safe Nutritious food 25. Campaign against illicit liquor 26. Total ban of plastics 27. Free and quality education for children 28. Safe space for Women and Children 29.Campaign for land rights of women farmers 30. Campaign for land title for marginalized community members.