142 certificates distributed among successful students

Jamshedpur: Urban Services facilitates a host of community-based initiatives for vocational development of women enabling them to realize their full potential. Since women from its operational basti areas (urban settlements) constitute significant size of the population and are very often in the situation of extreme economic dependence. Given the harsh realities of intra-household and social discrimination, the vocational programmes aim to specifically address the needs of such women.

Key training programmes aiming to build the capacity of basti women comprises skill-building vocational trainings on sewing and design, embroidery, mehendi rachna, zari work, fabric painting and personal grooming. The vocational trainings open a new pathway to economic self-reliance arming the women with a new found skill to earn.

Through such interventions, Urban Services helps in making much needed resources available to women, thus, adding considerably to their economic empowerment.

Annual convocation ceremony of various �Women Empowerment� programmes was organised by Urban Services at Bagbera centre on Friday last. Laxmi Devi, Member, Zila Parishad, graced the occasion as the chief guest. She appreciated the initiatives of the Urban Services Department under the Corporate Relations Division of Tata Steel and also suggested that such programmes should encourage larger segment of women from bastis. She said that these initiatives empower the women to become self-dependent. 142 certificates were distributed to successful students.

R S Pandey, senior manager, Urban Services, Tata Steel and Gurbari Hembram, Manager, Urban Services, Tata Steel attended the programme. The event was also attended by Community Committee members of the Bagbera Community Centre.