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                                                                                                                               Women Empowerment                                       Swashray Tapasthal was launched on the International

                                                                                                                               Initiatives at other                                    Women’s Day.

                                                                                                                               locations                                               In Jhajjar, 180 women have been empowered for a
                                                                                                                                                                                       bright future through various skill development
                                                                                                                                                                                       programmes undertaken by Reliance Foundation.
                                                                                                                               In Jamnagar, the programme has been supporting
                                                                                                                                                                                       These programmes include a three-month exclusive
                                                                                                                               Swashray, an initiative to financially empower rural
                                                                                                                                                                                       training in tailoring and beautician courses.
                                                                                                                               women and enable them to take up livelihood
                                                                                                                                                                                       Reliance Foundation undertook various activities
                                                                                                                               activities. Women are assisted in selling their products
                                                                                                                                                                                       in Nagothane for women including facilitating income
                                                                                                                               at shops, exhibitions, vending machines, and open
                                                                                                                                                                                       generation activity of Self-Help Groups, providing
                                                                                                                               markets. During the year, women’s groups were           nutrition counselling and child care sessions for
                                                                                                                               encouraged to launch various brands. They were          1,779 women from 14 villages participated in the Haldi

                                                                                                                               supported in starting a live food counter. A new center,   Kum Kum programmes in their respective villages.
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