As Mission Shakti, the massive campaign aimed at women safety and empowerment, enters its second phase, the historic city of Jhansi has taken a lead in empowering the young girls much on the lines of the iconic Jhansi ki Rani.
Focusing on physical strength, the women’s wing of Uttar Pradesh Vyapar Mandal is imparting training in karate to young girls of the district. Clad in white traditional suits, these young girls are practising the martial art at Arya Kanya Degree College.
In view of the upcoming Diwali festival, the State Rural Livelihood Mission has also imparted training to women in making diyas and idols in Badagaon development block of Jhansi. These craft items made by women will be sold during the Deepotsav Mela from November 5 to 12.
Apart from this, the senior police officials visited women help desks set up at different police stations and gave the necessary instructions to the staff.
In Mainpuri, on Tuesday, 379 schools participated in awareness programmes organised by Madhyamik Shiksha department while help desks were set up by the Revenue department and the Rural Development department.
The Animal Husbandry department imparted training to women under the backyard poultry scheme.
Women working at brick kilns were made aware of their right to equal pay through an awareness programme organised by the Labour and Employment Exchange department of Uttar Pradesh.
The Women Welfare department raised awareness among women regarding drawbacks of child marriage while the Bal Vikas Evam Pushtahar department organised awareness programmes at development blocks regarding POCSO Act and gave details about the women helpline numbers.
As a major step towards empowering women, the Panchayati Raj department in Lucknow handed over the charge of the upkeep of community toilets to the women self-help groups in gram panchayat Niva in Sarojininagar development block.
Seminar on women empowerment was held at gram panchayat Baktiyarnagar in Malihabad block.
In Gautam Buddha Nagar, the Anganwadi workers made women aware of their rights.
The anti-Romeo squad of the district checked 58 spots and intercepted 456 people.
The Vocational Education department under the aegis of Kaushal Vikas Mission gave tips to girl students on becoming self-reliant through proper education and employment.
In Saharanpur, the Basic Education department is organising a 15-day workshop for women and girls at Manoharpur village in which they will learn the skills of making dolls, puppets, purse, cloth bags and masks. This workshop aims at making women earn their livelihood from their homes.
The Health department raised awareness among women regarding prevention of communicable diseases besides informing them about the various welfare schemes of the government.