Title: Environment management plan social inclusion and tribal plan
Abstract: The objective of the Tejaswini Project for Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women is to improve completion of market-driven skills training and secondary education for adolescent girls and young women in select districts of Jharkhand. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: vulnerability aspects in Jharkhand are evident from the factors like prevalence of tribal population in the state; 21 out of 24 districts are affected by LWE; 62 percent AGYW are not in education, employment or training; existence of superstitious practices like witch-craft hunting and approximately 37 percent population is living below poverty line in the state. Existence of 32 tribal groups, scattered tribal habitations in many villages and difficult terrain of the state further indicates the vulnerability factors leading to increased chances of tribal groups/other vulnerable population being excluded from development projects. The situation becomes more pronounced in the case of PTG habitations. Dominance of males in the household decision making, priority to household work by females/girls, lack of awareness about education and skill development, limited outreach of training service providers, issues related with trafficking of girls/females in the hope of getting employment and getting married (particularly females) before the legal age are some of the major risks considered during the project design. Inclusion of training modules which should be activity based for continuous engagement of girls in the training programs. Suggested activity based programs which can further developed as career options for sustainability or space of this group in this project such as self-defense skill which could be further developed as career options for the girls as security guards or judo-karate teachers in school. Inclusion of existing youth groups in the projects which are formed under government schemes or NGOs will be identified; and establishing strong linkages through e-commerce for the ease of market access and better outreach.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-03-04
Language: en
Type: article
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