{"id":694,"date":"2021-12-25T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/wordpress\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2023-09-24T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:57:19","slug":"womens-empowerment-through-slum-womens-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/womens-empowerment-through-slum-womens-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;Mahila&nbsp;Arogya Samitis, as these slum women\u2019s groups are named in the National Urban Health Mission, are grassroots institutions that promote a sense of collective responsibility, group cohesion and initiative among the people.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women\u2019s groups and other active\/interested women form the platform on which UHRC\u2019s social facilitators provide inputs through capacity building, motivating and mentoring efforts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The program also leads to improved health outcomes for the population&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a patriarchal society, women&#8217;s groups result in increasing women\u2019s autonomy in decisions on healthcare, children\u2019s (including girls\u2019) education, associated expenditure and promote savings.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community women\u2019s groups contribute to a positive gender equation at family and society levels, provide social support to needy families&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These groups are also the starting point of a collective community request to the civic authorities for laying of the sewerage system, paving of unpaved lanes, community water supply, cleaning of garbage, clearing of blocked sewerage pipes and other similar services.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/women-empowerment.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/women-empowerment.jpg 661w, https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/women-empowerment-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/women-empowerment-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Learning how to write requests to\u00a0authorities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhrc.in\/uhrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}