Women Empowerment

Fostering Financial Independence: Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) & Tailoring

Organizing waste-picker women into sustainable Self-Help Groups, establishing micro-savings habits, and providing vocational sewing machine training.

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4 January 2025
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Fostering Financial Independence: Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) & Tailoring
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Economic dependency often keeps women in informal settlements trapped in generational poverty. Waste Pickers Welfare Foundation, in institutional partnership with DUDA (District Urban Development Agency) Ghaziabad, launched a comprehensive women empowerment initiative.

Mobilization into Registered SHGs Over 3,500 women have been organized into Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Each group operates with structured group savings, bank account linkages, and mutual financial support mechanisms that provide a vital buffer against emergency economic shocks.

Vocational Stitching & Tailoring Centres Alongside financial literacy, WWF runs vocational training centres where women master sewing machine operation, garment cutting, and embroidery. Trainees gain the skills needed to establish home-based tailoring services or join local garment production clusters.

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