HON’BLE MINISTER INAUGURATES “STREE SWABHIMAN, CSC SPV’S UNIQUE INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH & HYGIENE
Union Minister for Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated “Stree Swabhiman: A Unique Initiative by CSC for Women’s Health & Hygiene” on January 27 at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
While inaugurating the initiative Hon’ble Minister said “CSCs will occupy a prime position in the transformative story of India. Today, people from poor and marginalized communities are engendering change through CSC. CSC is a movement for boosting the confidence of masses in India. I am proud of the fact that more than 45,000 CSCs are operated by women of my country. They are the pillars of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign (save daughter, educate daughter), started by the Government.”
He added, “Modi government's focus is on women’s empowerment so that women from marginalized communities are brought to the mainstream and are participants of India’s growth story. I am sure that with the help of Women VLEs, Stree Swabhiman project will be able to transform the society by educating women on the issue of women’s health and menstrual hygiene.”
The Hon’ble Minister was addressing around 2000 VLEs mostly women, from across India, especially Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Maharashtra.
The Hon’ Minister added that Corporate India should find the relevance of engaging CSC in reaching out to rural India. Talking about the rural BPOs being set up by CSCs in rural India, he hoped that the banking & insurance sector will come forward to engage these BPOs and create employment for rural masses. Hon’ble Minister said that I hope that in next few years, in UN development index CSC will have significant contribution.
The highlight of today’s event was the launch of “Stree Swabhiman” - CSC’s initiative for advancing women’s health and hygiene. Under the initiative, Micro Manufacturing Units are being set up in CSCs across the country for providing affordable and accessible sanitary products close to the homes of adolescent girls and women. The initiative is driven by awareness and personalized outreach by Village Level Entrepreneurs, who produce and market sanitary napkins themselves.
Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, said, “The network of 2.70 lakh centres in India has done excellent work in Tele-Medicine, Insurance, Soil Health Card, Aadhaar enrollment, Digital Literacy, Tele-law, and Skill development. I am very happy to note that today CSCs are getting great opportunity to contribute towards women’s empowerment in India through Stree Swabhiman project.”
While welcoming the participants to the workshop, Dr. Dinesh Tyagi, CEO, CSC SPV said, “India can ensure inclusive growth with women empowerment. Apart from boosting women’s health and hygiene, our Stree Swabhiman’s initiative will also provide employment opportunities to women in rural communities as each facility will employ 8-10 women. In Stree Swabhiman project, we have committed ourselves to set up minimum 6000 units where minimum 10 women will be given employment.
Speaking on the occasion Ms. Usha Sangwan, MD-LIC said, “India can’t achieve inclusive growth without the growth of women. It gives me immense pleasure to see CSC’s focus on rural and women empowerment. LIC and CSC SPV have common agenda of empowerment in India. LIC has offered full support to CSC to make their endeavor to transform rural India a grand success.” Besides providing premium collection to all CSCs, she also extended LIC’s support in enabling all CSCs to work as its agent in rural India.
"We are delighted to associate with CSC's Stree Swabhiman, an initiative towards women's health and hygiene and sponsor 10,000 girls to take care of menstrual hygiene needs. Educating and creating awareness among girls and women in the rural areas on the benefits of menstrual hygiene and easy access to eco-friendly sanitary napkins is the need of the hour. This initiative is in sync with Parivartan, a step towards progress, our Bank's CSR initiative, where school sanitation, particularly aimed towards the girl child is one of the core objectives,” said Ms Smita Bhagat, head - Govt Business & e-Commerce, HDFC Bank. On the event, HDFC also supported “Stree Swabhiman” initiative with Rs 50 Lakhs grant and also suggested that HDFC products will be made available through CSC in rural India.
The Hon’ble Minister also presented awards to 32 VLEs for their contribution in rural empowerment under Stree Swabhiman.
While inaugurating the initiative Hon’ble Minister said “CSCs will occupy a prime position in the transformative story of India. Today, people from poor and marginalized communities are engendering change through CSC. CSC is a movement for boosting the confidence of masses in India. I am proud of the fact that more than 45,000 CSCs are operated by women of my country. They are the pillars of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign (save daughter, educate daughter), started by the Government.”
He added, “Modi government's focus is on women’s empowerment so that women from marginalized communities are brought to the mainstream and are participants of India’s growth story. I am sure that with the help of Women VLEs, Stree Swabhiman project will be able to transform the society by educating women on the issue of women’s health and menstrual hygiene.”
The Hon’ble Minister was addressing around 2000 VLEs mostly women, from across India, especially Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Maharashtra.
The Hon’ Minister added that Corporate India should find the relevance of engaging CSC in reaching out to rural India. Talking about the rural BPOs being set up by CSCs in rural India, he hoped that the banking & insurance sector will come forward to engage these BPOs and create employment for rural masses. Hon’ble Minister said that I hope that in next few years, in UN development index CSC will have significant contribution.
The highlight of today’s event was the launch of “Stree Swabhiman” - CSC’s initiative for advancing women’s health and hygiene. Under the initiative, Micro Manufacturing Units are being set up in CSCs across the country for providing affordable and accessible sanitary products close to the homes of adolescent girls and women. The initiative is driven by awareness and personalized outreach by Village Level Entrepreneurs, who produce and market sanitary napkins themselves.
Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, said, “The network of 2.70 lakh centres in India has done excellent work in Tele-Medicine, Insurance, Soil Health Card, Aadhaar enrollment, Digital Literacy, Tele-law, and Skill development. I am very happy to note that today CSCs are getting great opportunity to contribute towards women’s empowerment in India through Stree Swabhiman project.”
While welcoming the participants to the workshop, Dr. Dinesh Tyagi, CEO, CSC SPV said, “India can ensure inclusive growth with women empowerment. Apart from boosting women’s health and hygiene, our Stree Swabhiman’s initiative will also provide employment opportunities to women in rural communities as each facility will employ 8-10 women. In Stree Swabhiman project, we have committed ourselves to set up minimum 6000 units where minimum 10 women will be given employment.
Speaking on the occasion Ms. Usha Sangwan, MD-LIC said, “India can’t achieve inclusive growth without the growth of women. It gives me immense pleasure to see CSC’s focus on rural and women empowerment. LIC and CSC SPV have common agenda of empowerment in India. LIC has offered full support to CSC to make their endeavor to transform rural India a grand success.” Besides providing premium collection to all CSCs, she also extended LIC’s support in enabling all CSCs to work as its agent in rural India.
"We are delighted to associate with CSC's Stree Swabhiman, an initiative towards women's health and hygiene and sponsor 10,000 girls to take care of menstrual hygiene needs. Educating and creating awareness among girls and women in the rural areas on the benefits of menstrual hygiene and easy access to eco-friendly sanitary napkins is the need of the hour. This initiative is in sync with Parivartan, a step towards progress, our Bank's CSR initiative, where school sanitation, particularly aimed towards the girl child is one of the core objectives,” said Ms Smita Bhagat, head - Govt Business & e-Commerce, HDFC Bank. On the event, HDFC also supported “Stree Swabhiman” initiative with Rs 50 Lakhs grant and also suggested that HDFC products will be made available through CSC in rural India.
The Hon’ble Minister also presented awards to 32 VLEs for their contribution in rural empowerment under Stree Swabhiman.
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