| Jagruti is a registered (November 1998, with registration number 189 of 98/99) Non Government Organization (NGO) working with emphasis on gender agenda, towards all round development in twenty two villages of Khanapur Taluk of Belguam District.
Objectives
- To empower and enable people with special emphasis on women’s organizing, involving and participation.
- To bring in meaningful changes in community by utilizing government programmes with involvement and participation of women.
- To prevent exploitation of girl child and women.
Background
Three among its eight board members of Jagruti had earlier worked together for a period of five years (1988 to 1992) in Kulavalli cluster of villages near Kittur in Bailhongal Taluk, on a sensitive issue of feudal land ownership. Of the eight members in Jagruti, three of its members currently live and hail from a remote village in Khanapur Taluk, where most of the community organising work is done.
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