Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. But limited access to credit, health care and education are among the many challenges they face, which are further aggravated by the global food and economic crises and climate change. Empowering them is key not only to the well-being of individuals, families and rural communities, but also to overall economic productivity, given women’s large presence in the agricultural workforce worldwide” – United Nations

In a major move towards the empowerment of the underpriviledged women, HelpingBrainz.Org’s women empowerment team “Chaaya” conducted a “Chaipecharcha” with the underpriviledged women of Aghapur Village in Noida. Around 10 women participated in the event which was spearheaded by Shubhangi Srivastava, the women empowerment leader (Project Manager, Chaaya) at HelpingBrainz.Org. She mainly pitched in various aspects of women empowerment, women education, entrepreneurship opportunities, ‘need for out of box thinking’ and women safety in today’s world.

The meeting was conducted in the H-Block park of Sector-41, Noida. The women here are more interested to study and to get educated, thus, Shubhangi and team will be designing teaching programmes and a team of corporate professionals will be teaching the women on weekends. The programme is supposed to start from the first Sunday of April 2016.

Others who made a change where Soumya Srivastava (Volunteer from Dr. KN Modi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Modinagar) and Pratik Raj Bishen ( Manager, Social Business Development – HelpingBrainz.Org)