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Women Empowerment

omen, in the tribal dominated areas of Ranchi and its adjoining areas, as also in other devloping
countries of the world, have been suffering from various types of discriminations and deprivations
Wdue to poverty, low productivity, their primitive way of living and ignorance about socio- moral
values. There is a great need to bring women into mainstream of economic activities.

Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama not only organized them to form self help groups but also conducted
special training programmes for women in different fields related to skill upgradation. drudgery reduction,
fruits and vegetables preservation, value addition, mushroom cultivation, piggery, fisheries, poultry and
allied activities to empower them economically as well as socially. Alternative employment opportunities
for women are generated through such training programmes. Increased income in the hands of rural
women ensures better nutrition, better healthcare facilities and education for their children.
This Ashrama believes that economic empowerment of women with moral and spiritual values in the base
will help make them powerful agents of social change.