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Increased awareness about the social
and gender issues in the community
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Sensitisation of each household on the
gender perspective
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Increased emergence from the purdah
system, especially by SHG women
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Increased rejection of caste/class
discrimination, especially by SHG women.
There is no caste or class discrimination
within SHGs
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Increased mobility and social interaction
of women
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Increased recognition of the identity
of the SHG women: they are now known by
their own names in the community rather
than by their husband's or family's
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Several women have been able to build
assets, such as land or property, in their
own names, an unprecedented development in
the rural, patriarchal system in which
they live
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Increased enrolment and
re-enrolment of girls into schools
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Increased involvement of women in
social/community issues such as addiction,
violence against women, civic neglect, and
their willingness to take collective
action to resolve problems
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37 Gender Committees have been formed at
the CLA level and 42 at the Block level
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1,100 women are members of VO Committees
on Participatory Identification of Poor
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