| Gender Resource Centre / Samajik Suvidha Kendra |
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| CEQUIN, in partnership with Jamia Millia Islamia University, has been running a Samajik Suvidha Kendra (SSK) / Gender Resource Centre (GRC) in the Jamia Nagar area, under the aegis of Delhi Government¡¯s Mission Convergence since March 2009. The project aims to reduce poverty by promoting women¡¯s access to their economic, social and cultural rights and making them agents of change. This project is being supported by strategic funding from the Dutch Government. It is at present catering to women and children from approximately 10,000 urban poor households. |
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| The identified areas of the Centre¡¯s operations are around Jamia Nagar, covering vulnerable clusters of Taimoor Nagar, Bharat Nagar, Noor Nagar, Zakir Nagar, Batla House, Gaffar Manzil, Johri Farm, Okhla Village, Okhla Vihar, Haji Colony, Mujeeb Bagh, Ajmal bagh, Khizrabad, Gafoor Nagar, Saidabad, Gaddha Colony, Masigarh, Julaina Village, Ishwar Nagar, Maharani Bagh, Sukhdev Vihar, Friends Colony East and New Friends Colony. These congested clusters are of poor and predominantly Muslim households. The extensive slum areas comprise of temporary shacks housing hundreds of households. Many poor families also live in one room tenements in unauthorized constructions. |
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| When CEQUIN started operations, there was minimal activity, in the context of empowerment of women, happening in this area. In order to develop an in-depth understanding of the problems in this area, CEQUIN completed an exhaustive household survey of over 10,000 households. This survey helped to identify the gaps in the developmental work that has taken place in this area over the years. While a few organizations were imparting skills in tailoring, toy making etc., these activities were not strategic, and did not appear to have any spin off effects in terms of empowerment. |
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| Guided by CEQUIN's belief that empowerment can be achieved by making efforts to transcend the welfare mode of charity and doles, to that of social enterprise and entitlements; the GRC has undertaken six key activities namely: Vocational Training, Non Formal Education, Health, Legal, Self Help Group, and Samajik Suvidha Kendra. |
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