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SSMI… …empowers her to fight malnutrition

Women Empowerment for Child Welfare K Ashok Rao General Secretary, Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute East Punjabi Bagh , New Delhi info@ssmi.in http://ssmi.in 01128313555. SSMI… …empowers her to fight malnutrition . Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute ( SSMI ). Operating Philosophy.

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SSMI… …empowers her to fight malnutrition

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  1. Women Empowerment for Child WelfareK Ashok RaoGeneral Secretary, Swami Sivananda Memorial InstituteEast Punjabi Bagh, New Delhiinfo@ssmi.inhttp://ssmi.in01128313555

  2. SSMI… …empowers her to fight malnutrition

  3. Swami SivanandaMemorial Institute (SSMI) OperatingPhilosophy While private initiatives can set up centers of excellence, outreach and scale-up is possible only through Government schemes

  4. Central Sector Schemes – nutrition related

  5. Nutrition Coverage -ICDS + MDMS Nutrition Coverage of Girl/ Women Conception to Class VIII - {Gap} - Adolescent (Sabla) – {Gap}- Pregnancy to End of Breast Feeding Nutrition Coverage of Boys Conception to Class VIII ICDS: 13 lakhAnganwadis About 11 Crorebeneficiares Budget Rs. 20,440 Crores FY 2013 -14 MDMS: 11.5 lakh Schools 12 Crore Students Budget Rs. 13,215 Crores FY 2013-14 (Source: Budget briefs – Accountability Initiative - CPR – 2013)

  6. Persistently High Under-nutrition Nutrition Status of Children under 3 Years (%) NFHS-2, 1998–99 NFHS-3, 2005–06 • Underweight 4340 • Stunted 51 45 • Wasted 20 23 Note: Using WHO 2006 International Reference population. Source: XII plan Vol. III Social Sector

  7. Fault lines Policies and programmes Non-involvement of the community, particularly women and farmers. Lack of recognition that women are both the victims of and the means of resolving malnutrition. Poor sanitary conditions Near absence of i) Science & Technology support ii) Human resource policy iii) Awareness regarding nutrition and food safety Legal frameworks Inadequate legislative and administrative infrastructure Public Expenditure Irregular and delayed payments at the delivery end Leakages .

  8. The Supreme Court’s order “The contractors shall not be used for supply of nutrition in Anganwadis and preferably ICDS funds shall be spent by making use of village communities, self-help groups and MahilaMandals for buying of grains and preparation of meals.” Point No. 3CWP no. 176/2001 order dated 7/10/2004

  9. Four principle Objectives for compliance with Court’s orders • Decentralized system through self-help groups. b) Maximization of employment of low skilled youth from low-income families c) Transparency to ensure maximum benefit to the beneficiaries. d) No compromise with human and food safety.

  10. Production through Supreme court designated agencies – SHGs, MahilaMandals and Village panchayats • SHG of employees? SHG of employees and other women of the community? • Administrative, financial and training instruments required to enable SHGs to become enterprises • Is SHG the right agency, why not co-operatives? • Interaction and interface between SHGs and Anganwadi workers and between SHGs and the community? • Who are the entrepreneurs? Who shares the profits and risks? • Systems of checks and balances to prevent corruption and leakages • Legal liabilities and indemnities

  11. Village BadliAnandpurRohtakDistrict Haryana • SIX kitchens for four anganwadis and one (or two) primary school • Fuel used is cow dung cakes or cheap fuel wood filling the place with smoke • For each Anganwadi, four women from the low-income families and /or in distress like widows have been selected to be cooks in the anganwadi. In actual practice only one of gets paid Rs. 500 to 600 per month for three months in a year.

  12. SSMI Initiative - The Jahangirpuri Model Transformed ICDS and MDMS from a catering to a “Women Empowerment for Child Welfare” exercise Characteristics of the JehangirpuriModel : Designed for low investment and maximizing women’s employment. • Transparency:Place the kitchen in the midst of the beneficiary community and involve the community. • Employment:Employ women from amongst the beneficiary community. Form them into self- help groups and train them to eventually take over the management. • Technology: Chose technologies that minimize drudgery but maximum employment. • Economies of scale:Ensure that economies of scale are maintained, wherever possible. • Safety:Ensure food and employee safety. Minimize the time between production of cooked food and its consumption. 30,000 beneficiaries under ICDS (Delhi: 2004 – to date) 23,000 children under MDMS (Chandigarh: 2008 – 2011).

  13. SSMIInitiative: Towards comprehensive improvement of the Mid- Day Meal Scheme Examination (2013) • Nutrition and Food Safety • Human Resource Development: training and capacity building • Role of Women: formation of SHGs and moving them into an enterprise mode. • Fuel efficiency and energy conservation • Campaigns and Community participation   • Institutional arrangement for delivering including Role of Academic Institutions Field testing recommendations • Recommendations are being field tested for validation in two blocks of District Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh

  14. EMPOWERING WOMEN Women employed in Jehangirpuri

  15. STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE With the Republic Day citation 2010 for outstanding work in MDM

  16. Livelihood schemes • Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) • The SwarnJayantiShahriRozgarYojna (SJSRY) • Support to training and employment programme for women (STEP) • National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) • AmbedkarHastshilpVikasYojana, • GrameenRozgarYojana

  17. Women want income; not just training Intermediated by • Design Center-Marketable designs • Quality assurance and Quality Control Income realized through • Advertisement • Marketing and sales Skill Development-production-income vector

  18. SSMI Initiatives- Livelihood Schemes From Training to livelihood • Women trained under the Jan SikshaSansthan are give product specific training till they can produce marketable quality products. • Rural migrants to urban slums possessing basic skills are identified through artisanal surveys and reskilled to produce marketable quality products Branding – making a statement • SSMI has launched a Brand “Subha– a new dawn for women”

  19. Sanitary Napkins – Decentralized mass production Half the population (women) requires a product for about three decades, yet it is NOT a priority for policy makers. Aim: Produce Napkins at Rs. 1 per piece. Standardized napkins based on Wood pulp and cotton waste PSUs: Hindustan Paper Corp, NTCs and HMT to operationalize and Maharatnaand Navratnato finance.

  20. Thank You

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