Gender equality is something SIGN has strived for over a long time — in gender roles and in the right to education. Times have changed tremendously, and much more remains to be done. While at one time tribal girls were expected only to do household work and not go to school, today women and men work together, and both are entitled to a proper education.
It is sad that, in the name of jobs, large numbers of women and young girls become victims of human trafficking and lose their dignity. Rape, molestation, harassment, acid attacks, trafficking and many other heinous crimes are all too common.
SIGN’s response
SIGN has therefore taken up gender issues with the utmost urgency, to protect and promote women’s participation in all spheres of life. SIGN promotes programmes in which women take a lead role in developing their village without external support, and tries to identify active women as community leaders and agents of change in their respective villages.
