Mahila Samakhya Karnataka Annual Report 1997-98

Abstract

From Preface: Looking at the world through the eyes of poor women gives the MS program me its edge and its excitement. The wisdom and courage that these women bring to their daily struggle for a life of dignify provide the inspiration for our work. The Mahila Samakhya programme has entered its third phase which will run concurrently with the 9th Plan Period (1997 - 2002). In the older project areas, much work has been done to enhance the status of women. Consolidating these gains ,with a view to handing over the program m e processes to women's collectives has been the focus area of work in the past year. Much remains to be done - we are, after all, trying to reverse ideologies and actions that have been practised for centuries of Debates, discussion and action have centred around the formation of strong collectives of rural women at cluster, taluk and district levels. We have, in the past year, tried to identify and prioritise the inputs needed for such collectives to be viable, self - reliant and self - sustaining entities.