The PRADAN project aims to work on economic empowerment of women from socially excluded communities.

The project's purpose is to ensure enhanced access and control over productive assets for women, through access to rights and entitlements, and skills development.

The PRADAN project is working in 427 villages in the Dindori, Mandla and Sidhi districts of Madhya Pradesh. PACS is supporting the project for four years.

PRADAN aims

• Community mobilisation and organising to access to rights and entitlements of socially excluded communities through capacity building.

• Building understanding among the project staff on the specific aspects of exclusion.

• Create spaces for the community based organisations, such as working clusters and self-help groups, to engage with the social, economic (banks) and local governance bodies.

• Strengthen institutional arrangements for individuals and groups of women to participate in local social and political institutions, and economic collectives for smoother marketing linkages.

• Building capacities of women and community collectives to enable them to demand and claim their right to sustainable livelihoods and participation in planning and implementation of livelihood models.

   

About PRADAN

Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) was founded in 1983. The primary driving force behind setting up PRADAN was the belief that capable and caring people need to work directly at the grassroots level with disadvantaged communities.

PRADAN works with over 200,000 poor families (1,000,000 poor people) in 38 districts of seven states in India. About 70% of the target population are tribal people and Dalits. Pradan also works extensively with women and systematic efforts are made to reduce gender inequities in society.

Find out more:

• PACS in Madhya Pradesh

• PACS work on sustainable livelihoods

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