CHETANA Conscience of Women celebrated its Third An-

nual Day propounding the message of “GENDER EQUALI-

TY - Different gender but Equal humans" on 8th March

2015, Sunday . The event took place at Speaker Hall,

Constitutional Club of India. The Chairperson of the Na-

tional Commission for Women, Smt.Lalitha Kumarman-

galam was the honourable

chief guest for the event. The programme commenced

customary lamp lighting ceremony by Smt. Lalitha Ji fol-

lowed by an insightful key address by her. Relentlessly

working for women empowerment and striving for an

equal society with no gender bias, CCW has been taking

small steps towards a better world for women.The main highlight was a stimulating

panel discussion by eminent panelists including- Dr. Rajiv Mehta (Consultant Psychia-

trist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital), Ms.Madhavi Divan (Advocate, Supreme Court),

Ms.Nayana Sahasrabhude (Chief Manager, Bhartiya Mahila Bank) and Mr Hitesh Shan-

kar (Editor, Panchjanya). They spoke about the prevailing gender inequality in their

respective domains and effective ways to combat it.

C H E T A N A Conscience of Women (CCW)

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THIRD ANNUAL DAY

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G E N D E R E Q U A L I T Y

We as a nation,

must work

together to

ensure that not

just women, but

also men are

treated well in

every field. The

discriminations

must be left

behind in order

to form a nation

full of its

citizens as a

whole and not

just the “men”

or the “women”

individually.

CHETANA conscience of Women

Key Highlights of Panel Discussion

Men & Women equally

responsible for gender equality :

Lalita Kumarmangalam

“The society has to get rid of gender

bias and usher in gender equality

which will make society harmonious,

progressive and prosperous,” said

Chairperson of the National Commission of Women while address-

ing the third Annual Day celebration of Chetana Conscience of

Women .

Our eminent panel discussed a variety of topics.

Ms.Madhvi Divan talked about the property rights for women.

Dr.Indu Arneja talked about property and cremation rights and

how girls like boys should be entitled for them.

Mr.Hitesh Shankar threw some light on media projection of wom-

en’s role in modern society , which is mixture of both good and

bad, good as today’s media is continuously showing women capa-

ble of supporting themselves and their family and bad in terms of

“item numbers”-this was the answer to question asked by one of

the audience member. Dr.Rajiv Mehta laid focus on human psy-

chology ,how simple act of mutual understanding and apprecia-

tion of work that our women folks do can bring about a huge dif-

ference. Ms.Nayana Sahasrabudhe emphasized the fact that finan-

cially independent women is the need of the hour and also

women should indulge in activities that can help them achieve

the same.

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S K I L L D E V E L O P M E N T CENTER

WOMEN CAB DRIVERS PROJECT

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CCW launched its first Skill Development Centre at Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar on 27 February

2015. 30 semi skilled and unskilled women have enrolled themselves for this course. These women

are being trained in machine knitting . After completion of the training, these women would start

producing baby sweaters for sold in the market. This is the first initiative of CCW to empower wom-

en through means of skill development and employment creation. We hope that we succeed in our

continued effort to empower women with the requisite competence to sustain in the society.

CCW successfully launched its Women Cab Drivers Project on 8th

March , 2015. It was launched by Smt.Lalitha kumaramangalam on

our 3rd annual day. We aim:

To create a stream of women drivers trained professionally.

To create livelihood opportunities for the women belonging

to weaker sections of the society.

To ensure the safety of working women with special focus on

women working in late night shifts.

There is no tool for Development more effective than the

Empowerment of Women.

CCW touched a new milestone by setting up the first stall of the “Jagruti

Self Help Group.” In collaboration with Bhartiya Mahila Bank, we set up a

stall of food products manufactured by members of our SHG Jagruti for sale

at Dilli Haat, Janakpuri from 8-15 March, 2015. The members of our SHG

manufacture Sambhar powder, Amla Candies, Diet Mix, etc. Different vol-

unteers volunteered to take care of the stall every day. We are glad out

first SHG venture was a success, and aim to have a permanent stall by end

of this year.

WOMEN’S WEEK @ DILLI HAAT

About us— Chetana Conscience of Women (CCW) in Delhi is a registered organization working for the

general society with special focus on women.. We strongly believe that many personal, social and national prob-

lems and issues can be easily solved by active participation of women and they can be a strong pillar for national

reconstruction. It endeavors to create self confidence and self respect for the women by developing entrepreneur-

ship and providing counseling and vocational training to them. It has been organizing regular sessions on issues

related to society by creating social awareness.

Website - www.chetanadelhi.org Email - chetana4dehi@gmail.com

/ Chetana Conscience of Women / Chetana Delhi /Chetana Conscience of Women

Parvinder Singh is currently working in the Customer Relation-

ship department of Costa Coffee. But this job did not come to him

easily. Born in a humble family, he never had the privilege to study

in a English Medium Public School. He completed his school but

wasn't doing anything which could bring him any monetary sup-

port. Parvinder, one day, got to know about Chetana, Conscience of

Women, an NGO working towards empowerment of women, and

for making this society a better place to live in.CCW in collaboration

with Times of India's Teach India was starting its another batch of

Spoken English classes. He enrolled in the classes, and attended the 100 days Spoken English session

which took place at CCW's office. After the 100 days session, He also participated in Times of India

Job Fair and got selected in Costa Coffee. His life changed, he became confident about himself, he was

employed and he could fluently communicate in English Now, when someone helped him change his

life, he wanted to make a difference in other's life as well. He started volunteering with CCW. One day

as part of CCW's Gender Sensitization project he visited Paharganj's Sarvaodya Boys School, This

school is notorious for having students who cause chaos in the area near the New Delhi railway sta-

tion. He wanted to do something for the school, and selected a bunch 15 students from the school

and started teaching them Singing , Tabla and Harmonium for free. These students are ambitious in

their lives, some of them want to take up music as a profession now.

They idolize Parvinder. After the success of the first batch, he will start

with the second batch of Music classes commencing from 20 April

2015. He has been playing Tabla and Harmonium in a Gurudwara from

past 4 years. He has formed a group of 8-10 boys and girls who play

Sufi songs in the Gurudwara and other events. He is the founder and

the binding chord of this group. He doesn't get anything in return for

changing other's lives, he does it from his heart. He does it because

someone was there when he was in need, now he wants to give it back

to the society. He is an epitome of kindness, his story inspires many.

INSPIRATIONAL CORNER

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