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Women in UP are on their way...!

Statesman (India)

| March 27, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 1999 The Statesman (English). (Hide copyright information)Copyright

archana srivastavaLUCKNOW, 26 MARCH: Seema Saroj, a Dalit woman from the Ajhara village in the Lalganj block district of Pratapgarh defied her husband to highlight and fight the discrepancies in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGA). Pushpa Devi of Ghazipur Sadar is clear on one count ~ women no longer need to be a frightened lot ~ the time has now come for them to frighten others.Women empowerment is slowly but steadily making its presence felt in Uttar Pradesh. The form assumed can be a Nari Sangh, a Gulabi Gang or a newspaper brought out by an all-woman team in the backward region of Bundelkhand. The final aim of all such efforts is the same. The women of UP are …

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