Since the very inception IRDMS has been working in the field of women empowerment. We believe unless women are not given their due rights there cannot be real development. So the organization has been undertaking several programmes for empowering the women both economically and socio-politically. The following programmes were undertaken during the reporting period.

Self-Help Movement and Micro-Finance Programme:

Self-help movement, especially among the poor and marginalized sections of society has been quite successful in many parts of India including in the state of Odisha. IRDMS is a leading agency in the field of promoting women self-help groups micro-finance in the state. During the year the organization not only promoted many new groups but also provided them with the required training and capacity-building support.

Objectives

The broad objective of the programme is to empower the women to take decisions at the family and community level and use economic empowerment as a tool to achieve the empowerment process.