For the past two years, the company Welspun Energy Ltd (WEL)
has been working to empower women in Madhya Pradesh. One of the goals of WEL is
to help women become self-sufficient by earning incomes on their own. WEL has
provided women in this area with workshops and classes to help the women learn
skills that are necessary in order to start working. WEL sets up specific
classes that correspond to the work opportunities in each village. So far, the
company has helped about 100 women successfully use the skills they learned to
earn a steady income. Ultimately, the company hopes to make women more
confident by helping women believe that they have the capability to be
successful. The company hopes that this newly attained confidence and the
courses being provided will help create better economic opportunities for women
and help them become more independent.
- Which human rights are being rightfully carried out by the work being done to empower women?
- Who is responsible for making sure that women are able to attain jobs in the work force in India? Is it the government’s responsibility or is it the responsibility of smaller companies, such as WEL?
1. Through providing jobs, WEL is allowing women to feel as though they are contributing to their families; they feel as though they are important--which they are. With this new found sense of importance and the confidence classes WEL provides, women now feel confident about themselves. They do not feel like second class citizens because of their gender because like men, they are contributing to their family.
ReplyDelete2. it is the government's responsibility to ensure women are a part of the work force in India. Being able to bring in a source of income and hold down a job is a basic necessity, therefore it is a right all people have. While it is the government's job to provide such an environment, sometimes the government might not be able to enforce such a piece of legislature. This is where it becomes the right of smaller companies to make sure women are included.