The Centre for Social Research (CSR), established in 1983, is an advocacy group for women based in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

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. The group tries to bring attention and justice to all marginalized and underprivileged areas of

society A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Socie ...

. They offer services to women and girls throughout the country, and focus on restructuring

gender relations A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on that person's sex. Gender roles are usually cente ...

with the aim of creating a more

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, equitable and gender-just society.

Empowerment of Women

In 1997, CSR founded the Gender Training Institute (GTI) to facilitate the empowerment of women and

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

through

capacity building Capacity building (or capacity development, capacity strengthening) is the improvement in an individual's or organization's facility (or capability) "to produce, perform or deploy". The terms ''capacity building'' and ''capacity development'' ha ...

and training-related activities. GTI's trainings investigate gendered interactions happening in other areas of life like

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economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

and

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

. Leadership skills and the ability to address gender issues in their lives and that of society will be passed on to participants. With the support of the

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(UNDEF), GTI also founded a program "''Enhancing the Role of Women in Strengthening Democracy''", where 1000 women leaders were geared up to run for and serve in state and national political offices. Crisis Intervention Centres (CICs) are also managed under the understanding that fighting

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involves direct assistance as well as sensitization and mobilization of grassroots communities. GTI has also implemented a project on "''Promotion of Women's Rights through Networking, Lobbying, Advocacy and Capacity Building''". The 3rd phase of the project was successfully completed with as much success on initiating the 4th phase of the project which incorporated Men and boys in the process. Another initiative of GTI was to commence the first one of its kind online course launched on "''Training women in leadership and Democracy''". CSR further launched a certificate program, India-Women in Leadership (iWIL), in collaboration with Centre for Public Policy that includes lectures, field visits and travels.

Eliminating Sex-Selection

Eliminating

Female infanticide Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children. In countries with a history of female infanticide, the modern practice of gender-selective abortion is often discussed as a closely related issue. Female infanticide is a ma ...

in long term will resolve the biasness towards

sex selection Sex selection is the attempt to control the sex of the offspring to achieve a desired sex. It can be accomplished in several ways, both pre- and post-implantation of an embryo, as well as at childbirth. It has been marketed under the title family ...

. CSR implemented the ''Meri Shakti'', ''Meri Beti'' (My Daughter, My Strength) project in 2007 to reduce pre-natal

. It has organized over 40 Community Outreach Programs, nine Community Watch Group meetings, two Expert Group meetings and one Interface Workshop in the

Kurukshetra district Kurukshetra district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The town of Kurukshetra, a sacred place for the Hindus, is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 1530.00 km² ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

state. A second phase of the campaign was launched in 2013.

References

Indian women rise in business but not in power
{{Authority control Women's rights in India Non-profit organisations based in India Social movements in India

Empowerment of Women

Eliminating Sex-Selection

See also

References