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Gramonnati Sansthan

Gramonnati Sansthan is a voluntary social service organisation working on Gandhian principles of gram swaraj (village self-rule). It is based in Mahoba district of Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Area and People

The Bundelkhand region of India is a semi-arid plateau. The region is charecterised by lowest levels of per capita income and human development and literacy levels are low especially among women and infant mortality is relatively high.

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Stories From the field

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Feminist Perspective

When this journey started in the year 1983, there was a hazy picture before eyes, there was a zeal to do something, but the path was not clear. It was understandable that there was something wrong and there was some difficulty. But there were no words to address those difficulties, nor there were sharp thoughts with which the difficulties could be addressed. The strategy was not clear as the thinking was not clear. The journey began with many ups and downs and as the time passed we learnt.

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Got an opportunity to witness women empowerment process taking place in villages of Mahoba district. The way the girls and women ride bicycles in remote villages and discuss women rights and problems, kindles the hope that change has started in these villages. Though the complete picture of the villages is still patriarchal, efforts of women awakening appeared meaningful and important.
Prof. Rooprekha Verma
Former Vice-Chancellor, Lucknow University
Gramonnati Sansthan is a prominent social organisation of Mahoba. It is running various social development works with great caution. I have participated in various programmes of the organisation and found that if other organisations emulate this organisation’s efforts to make women aware of their rights, women will become quickly aware about their rights in a very short time.
Zahir Singh
Retired Principal, Gandhi Nagar, Mahoba
Works of Gramonnati Sansthan are very important. I whole heartedly support its objectives.
Maitreyee Pushpa
Hindi Feminist Novelist
The efforts of the organisation towards the fight of women rights are praiseworthy.
Shakuntala Pandey
Senior Social Worker