Construyendo el Movimiento por los Derechos de las Mujeres a la Tierra
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Derechos de propiedad: identidad, dignidad y oportunidad para todos .
SRREOSHI actúa para mejorar la situación de la mujer mediante la definición y el establecimiento de los derechos de propiedad para las mujeres en el estado de Bengala Occidental, India. Al facilitar la provisión de los títulos - patta - de la tierra para grupos de mujeres y mujeres individuales, SRREOSHI mejora el control de los recursos por las mujeres, con sus correspondientes impactos positivos en el bienestar de las mujeres y la sociedad en su conjunto.
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Nombre de la organización
SRREOSHI
Página web de la organización
Teléfono de la organización
09433156860
Dirección postal de la organización
189, R.K.Avenue,Durgapur- 713204, Dist: Burdwan
País de la organización
India, WB
La organización es
OSC/ONG
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Menos de un año
Sobre tu idea
Título de la innovación
Construyendo el Movimiento por los Derechos de las Mujeres a la Tierra
Describe tu proyecto o Idea innovadora
SRREOSHI actúa para mejorar la situación de la mujer mediante la definición y el establecimiento de los derechos de propiedad para las mujeres en el estado de Bengala Occidental, India. Al facilitar la provisión de los títulos - patta - de la tierra para grupos de mujeres y mujeres individuales, SRREOSHI mejora el control de los recursos por las mujeres, con sus correspondientes impactos positivos en el bienestar de las mujeres y la sociedad en su conjunto.
País donde se focaliza tu trabajo
India
Innovación
¿Qué es lo que hace que tu idea sea única?
SRREOSHI is empowering landless women by working with women’s groups and individual women to obtain title to vested lands from the Indian government. These women are brought together through capacity building exercises and legal training to become communal title holders for vested land in India. Women are also provided with the training, technical support, and agricultural capital to help ensure their success in agricultural production.
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¿Cuál fue el impacto obtenido hasta el momento?
By receiving title to land the women in SRREOSHI’s programs have gained not only control over resources but a level of confidence and dignity which has increased their participation in household and community decision making. The women have developed a sense of community by working collectively with other women in groups.
Many of the women involved formerly worked as migrant stone crushers; these women were subject to long commutes to work, sexual abuse at work sites, and dangerous work practices. Access to land has reduced female labour migration and reduced the level of violence against them; it has also increased the level of sustainable agricultural output and improved household nutrition.
SRREOSHI has worked to achieve actual land ownership for women. At Gopalpur village 1.25 acres of vested land has already been acquired by a group of women; these groups have also applied for government funding to work this land. Another group of 30 tribal women has applied for patta for another piece of land. At Radhavollabpur village 23 tribal women have applied for patta on 1.25 acres of leased land; these women have leased and cultivated this land for a very long time.
Problema
In most Indian families, women do not own property in their own names, and do not inherit a share of parental property. This occurs in spite of the fact that a large proportion of women in India work in agriculture. Although the state of West Bengal is recognized as a pioneer among Indian states in implementing land reform measures to benefit share croppers and in redistributing surplus land to the landless, these measures have largely failed to target women.
Measures to improve the property rights of women have met with political opposition, particularly in the identification of vested lands and the allocation of such land to women’s groups. In some cases, family members have objected to women gaining control over land, thereby shifting the balance of power in the household.
Acciones
Establishment of capacity building and training exercises for women: they have improved the awareness of issues related to women’s land, sustainable farming and property rights, and have helped to build a sense of community among women – a challenge in a society where women have largely been isolated in their familial roles.
SRREOSHI has also pursued vigorous advocacy efforts, meeting and working with local government bodies to ensure their support in our activities; our support for group patta, which enable groups of women to obtain title to land have stronger success rates than individual titles. We also continue to advocate for the implementation of the Forest Act, which would entitle tribal women to receive land title from the government.
We have also worked with the federal government to merge work carried out with the NREGA Act, which offers women and men 100 days of work per year at a government-determined wage level. SRREOSHI has shown that NREGA can positively impact women's labor.
On an operational level, we work with both individual women and tribal families to obtain titles to vested land.
Resultados
SRREOSHI has been instrumental in the formation of approximately 100 working groups, each consisting of 10-15 women. While SRREOSHI motivates and mobilizes women to secure their rights to land, the groups are largely self-functioning. Group members put pressure on the local administration and government by applying for government land in the name of women’s groups or individual women.
SRREOSHI has organized an annual series of ‘Lok Adalat’, which is a system of alternative dispute resolution in India and roughly translates as a “People’s Court”. The latest ‘Lok Adalat’ was held on 30 June, 2010 at Chatna, Bankura district to discuss various cases related to violence against women and women’s land rights. District Judge, Secretary of Lokadalat, as well as two lawyers and support staff were present. Local police also extended their support. A total of 200 group members and leaders were present there and a total of 10 cases were discussed and filed.
Three tribal groups of Gopalpur village in Bankura district: thirty individuals in these groups have received government vested land from the local land department for cultivation. Group members also planted a total of 50K plants
¿A cuántas personas beneficia tu iniciativa anualmente?
Menos de 100
¿Cuál es el ingreso mensual promedio de la comunidad beneficiada? (en Dólares)
Menos de $50
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De ser así, ¿cómo
Sustentabilidad
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Some examples: a) I am a judge on local government Lok Adalats (People's Courts) and use these courts for seeing justice for violence against women and land rights issues for women. (b) We also work with central government ministries such as Land and Land Reforms department to lobby for policy changes. (c) We work with Ministry of Panchayati Raj on issues dealing with land distribution for women.
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Tu historia
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My initial work on the issue of violence against women at the grassroots level generated the understanding that women’s status within the family and community as a whole will not improve without access to and control over resources. Agriculture is a primary means of livelihood in the villages, and women are already working in different aspects of it. If women were given access to land and to the production from the land, they would improve their standing in the family as well as the community.
Women in poor families have long been involved in supporting their families. In the dry lands of Bankura, women have been working in the stone-crusher industry as daily wage labourers where they face rampant wage differentials and sexual abuse. If these women could be provided with land and the means to effectively cultivate it, their standing within the family and communities as a whole would be greatly enhanced; improvements in agricultural productivity would also benefit their children. This would result in a holistic improvement in the condition of women and society in general.
Cuéntanos sobre la persona que está detrás de este proyecto – el innovador social. Incluye una biografía
Sikha Roy is the principal originator of this idea. She holds a post-graduate degree in Political Science and a Masters degree in Social Work from Vidyasagar University in West Bengal. She began her career working in an NGO in Kolkata where she was responsible for studying sustainable agricultural practices and the food security of families at the grassroots level. Her work brought her into close contact with women from local communities, and demonstrated that these issues could not be addressed without taking up the issue of women’s rights: overall societal development could not be enhanced without addressing gender differences and violence against women. This led her to work independently on the issue, extending her work in sustainable agriculture and food security for women.
Working on women’s land and property rights and fighting the systemic oppression of women at the societal level have become her primary concerns.
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 | 59 weeks agoMatt Guttentag said: On February 2, 2011, the judges reviewed entries for the Changemakers Property Rights: Identity, Dignity, and Opportunity for All ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 70 weeks agoSunil Singh said: Congratulations on being a finalist. Atleast there is some recognition of your work.God Bless you. about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 75 weeks agoV Singh said: Dear Ms Roy, You must be a lion hearted lady to fight the red tapism of the govt and put up a fight with them for the impoverished ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 75 weeks agoSunil Singh said: Dear Sikha, Thank you for taking up the cause of our mothers and sisters and fighting the bureaucracy. God bless you! about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 76 weeks agoSunil Singh said: Dear Sikha, Kudos to your hard work and persistent efforts inspie of the Red Tape faced. Wish you all the best for the project to ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
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| 80 weeks agoParomita Goswami said: Congratulations dear. It is great that you won the early bird prize - you deserve every bit of it. Also thanks for putting up that photo ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 81 weeks agoSikha Roy said: dear laurie lots of thanks.i will vist ur site.keep in touch with me. about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
| 82 weeks agoMario Morales said: Dear Ms. Roy, Congratulations on winning the early entry prize! It is wonderful to see the work you are doing in India. I wanted ... about this Competition Entry. - leer más > |
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