Shaheen Women's Resource & Welfare Association

Context

Shaheen Women Resource & Welfare's main objective is to empower the women & girls. Shaheen enables women, sexual and socio-religious minorities to gain control over their resources, livelihoods and community - level decision making process. Shaheen conduct many activities create awareness program in 20 communities, public meeting, workshops, legal advocacy and counselling on domestic violence, health camps, provide free vocational skills, campaign for gender justice society in which we conduct rallies and workshops fo school teachers and others to promote girl child education.
Website:
www.shaheencollective.org
Area of Work:
Andhra Pradesh, India
Contact Person:
Sultana Begum

Results and lessons

  • Shaheen has been able to publish and issue a comprehensive booklet on girls' rights and SRHR in the areas of its functioning in Urdu language.
  • Shaheen's networking with Maulana Azad University, Hyderabad, has enabled in broadening the organisation's activities, as well as garnering it several recognitions.
  • Basti Vikas Munch - Shaheen has identified 20 women and girls from the bastis who started organising basti meetings where men and women participate and inetract on the issues of basic amenities, girl child education and on Domestic Violence.
  • Providing legal counselling, education and on sexual & reproductive health.
  • There has been a major shift in the work of Shaheen. the girl children have become our focus of attention.
  • Shaheen has created its space in the isolated and ghettoized area of Makkah Masjid where the Dalit muslims live.
  • Children are encouraged to participate in bringing about more holistic changes in family and society.
  • the basti leaders and other men are motivated to rethink the power structures that exist now - that are so corrosive and stifling.
  • Children participation brought focus on the issue of the sexual assault of girl children. The act is Protection of Children against sexual offenses.