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Stree Shakti – The Parallel Force, along with it’s international partners
takes on an international dimension across cultures, areas of work and public and
private sectors.
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AWARDEES - Dayawati Modi Streeshakti Samman Awards
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• Seema Kohli
• Jetsun Pema
• Krishna Poonia
• Smt. Madhavi Mudgal
• Ms. Revathy Menon
• Justice Ruma Pal
• Smt. Usha Rai
• Smt. Anjolie Ela Menon
• Smt. Madhushree Dutta
• Smt. Mangi Devi
• Smt. Vidya Bal
• Smt. Usha Ganguly
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AWARDEES - Streeshakti Science Awards
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• Prof B.K. Thelma
• Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan
• Prof. Usha Bhosle
• Dr. Charusita Chakravarty
• Prof. Rupamanjari Ghosh
• Prof. Manikuntala Kundu
• Dr. Neelima Gupte
• Dr. Chitra Dutta
• Dr. Anuradha Lohia
• Dr. Aruna Dhathathreyan
• Dr. Soniya Nityanand
• Dr. Anita Mehta
• Prof. Shobhona Sharma
• Professor Pratima Sinha
• Indrani Bose
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To create a network for achieving equality, self-reliance and an equal opportunity
for women in India. To envelop policies for empowerment.
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To establish a network of Women's Centres to support inter-linked multiple activities,
addressing the over-all empowerment of women.
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To evolve strategies to ensure political empowerment of women and to synergize the
proven role models. To work towards establishing an Equal Opportunity Commission
in India. To create documentation and make visible women's achievements, past and
present.
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The Parallel Force
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Streeshakti aims at harnessing individual and collective energies of organizations
engaged in human welfare. This forum, apart from providing a platform of joint action,
also aims at the collection of related information. It is a movement to rouse and
activate women of every class and creed and empower them with the necessary inputs
to work as catalysts for fundamental social change. It is not an exclusive forum
and it would like to have a helping hand from everyone, men, women and children.
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Global Women Forum
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The GLOBAL WOMEN FORUM, Singapore is an interactive forum of women from different streams and countries flowing together to contribute their thoughts and voices to create a just and equitable society.
Streeshakti is a felicitator for Global Women Forum in India.
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1st Annual India WIN Conference
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WIN (Women’s International Networking), an independent global leadership organization, is all set to launch an initiative – WIN Girls – in collaboration with Indian NGOs
Stree Shakti and Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN) to enable higher education for girls from the less privileged sections of the society. |
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The SAARC Peace Initiative
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We strongly feel that the SAARC nations need to further the peace initiative and
hence a meet is planned in Pakistan end of 2008. We seek your support for SAARC
Peace Initiative. This Initiative would create understanding and encourage women’s
groups to work towards peace. We hope to identify women leaders who will mobilise
people’s participation to further the cause.
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Inspired by the stories shared by women delegates from 40 countries at the Jaipur
Conference on "Making Way for the Feminine: for the Benefit of the World Community",
organized by the global peace initiative of women, Times Foundation, Stree Shakti
the parallel force and others, it was realised that problems faced by women all
over the world which were discussed were similar albeit with different facades.
Hence through this SAARC Peace Initiative, women of the SAARC nations will ensure
that a peace zone for the co existence of man and women.
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The Objectives of Stree Shakti - The Parallel Force
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Inter-linking various forces - NGOs, educational institutes, writers, artists, journalists,
performers, women's groups & activities for gender equality.
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Interfacing with the corporate world.
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Networking with grassroots-level and national level women leaders.
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Bringing women's health issue centre stage and highlight community participations.
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Demanding accountability and ensuring good governance.
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Promoting women's publications and developing literature.
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Working towards the creation of women's voices in SAARC & ASEAN nations.
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StreeShakti Awards
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Stree Shakti – The Parallel Force held its 13th Annual Award Ceremony on 25th November
2011, 3:30PM at 7, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in the presence of Kumari
Selja, Hon’ble Minister of Culture & Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
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National Gender Equality Commission
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Women’s empowerment active journey in India in Twentieth Century began with the
call by Mahatma Gandhi
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during the independence Struggle. Post Independence University movement to establish
study cells in 60’s resulted in creation of 74 Women Studies & Research Cells. National
commission of Women the apex national level organization of India with the mandate
of protecting and promoting the interests women was set up in 1990 and State Commissions
of Women were set up in several States. Yet the women’s status is far from equal.
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