Rashtra Sevika Samiti & women Empowerment
largest social organization in the world of the woman, for the women, by the woman 1932 after the death of her husband her son began to visit the Sangh shakhas . Due to the change in her Son’s thoughts and behavior, Laxmibai Kelkar got attracted to the Sangh and She met the founder of the Sangh, Dr. Hedgewar. She started a new organization called ‘Rashtra Sevika Samiti’ for women on 25 October 1936. With the continuous
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stay of the next ten years, the work of the committee expanded in many provinces. The samiti functions with the aim of building a prosperous India. Rastra sevika samiti makes women
he Rashtra sevika samiti as an
capable to fight their daily life problems with courage
organization is working for 80 years
and honor. This organization celebrates every year
with the idea of social responsibility
its inauguration day as it comes into existence at
and nation-building. Laksmi bai
Vijayadashamee.
Kelkar is known as ‘Vandiniya Mousi
The Rashtra Sevika Samiti is an independent
Ji’ cultivated the seeds of Rashtra Sevika Samiti
women organization with an identity of its own.
in 1936 in the Wardha district of Maharashtra. In
It’s set out to change with the independence of
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women. In other women organizations, they focus
It’s everyday Shakhas and Shivir (Training
on women empowerment, women’s problems, and
Camp) are playing a crucial role to make women
awakening the spirit of the human hood. However,
self-reliant on a personal, social and national
in samiti focusing all these aspects also trying to
label. If you want to understand the Samiti as an
develop an inherent skill “the spirit of nationalism”.
organization you have to visit its daily shakhas and
It focuses on women should have a realization of
various social projects. You have to understand,
their responsibility towards society and a nation.
the samiti is strongly working with its activist for
A young woman must join Rashtra Sevika
birth and Empowerment of girl child. During their
Samiti because it teaches a young girl to live
everyday shakhas girls play various games in spite of
with togetherness, about marriage, Nationhood
this they exercise. Girls learn to stand together and
and Hindu culture. The Hindu culture is the life-
fight with courage with the all social evils of society.
breath (sic) of Hindusthan. It is therefore clear that
Rastra sevika samiti also offers self-defense
if Hindusthan is to be protected, we should first
training camp to women for their security purposes.
nourish the Hindu culture.’’ if we want to save the
In the camp women even trained as looking, eating,
Hindu culture we have to build a confident woman.
wearing and to make themselves a good woman for
Although the Samiti functions as a separate entity
the nation. It not only focusing on women health
– since its conception, the women’s wing has never
but it also about those women’s character in their
merged with the exclusively male organization – the
marriage life and society. They learn that women are
Samiti’s ideological identity mirrors and upholds
not vulnerable in Indian culture. In spite of these
the same values as the Sangh. While the men are
Samiti is working with various social Projects.
told to be the ultimate protectors of the nation, the
The samiti has more than 3 lakh services and
Samiti informs its women. In samiti it’s pracharikas
4,350 regular branches in 584 districts. The
are sevikas and their sacrifices of life for the nation
committee is doing more than 855 services.
are honorable in itself.
These include hostels, free medical centers,
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industries, sickle literature centers, sanskar centers, free tuition classes, etc The committee has organized more than 25 exhibitions on social and national subjects. Chatravas is not another subject of samiti. It is a responsibility to secure the future of daughters of the family of economically weak and traveled by social tension and Terrorism.samiti facilitate the girls from Naxal pidit families, Farmer’s suicide family, tsunami grasta and those are facing a terrorist attack. Samiti
should be matrutva, netrutva, kartrutva (motherhood,
also takes responsibility for slum’s girl chilled and to
social leadership, professional excellence). The duties
educate them on cultural enrichment, self-reliance
of the woman have to go beyond her family now,
and taking care of their health. About 550 girls are
she has to prepare herself and her children for
been taken care of nearly chatravas around the
the nation’s cause, fight social evils, “Motherhood
country. These chatravas provide a way for girls
is important for women, but equally important is
to live with dignity and transforming personal and
cultivating a love for the country among children.
social life. After getting Education they become self-
There is no need to fight for rights. It is because of
reliant.
fulfilling our duties that Indian society has given
us the importance and rights we have now. Being a
Shantakka Ji Pramukh sanchalika of samiti
woman “Rashtra sevika samiti” is a better platform
has stated -: “Samiti is a women organization of
to fulfill all our duties for the nation.
national skill development. Samiti unites women
and generalizes their capabilities and intellect for the
Bhagini
Nivedita’s statement –
“When
benefit of society and the nation.this is the mission
womanhood will think of renunciation and not of
of samiti. In the last 80 years, thousands of women
romance only perform arati of nationality that temple
trained. We tried to skill them a good quality of
be all bight and ray the dawn verity shall be near
leadership”.
at hand.”
Personal Experiences of a girl from North East India Prachi Rakesh:- When I was around 7 to 8 years
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there was a militant attack. I was injured by 4 or 5
Graduate in political science (Hons) from Motilal
bullets .my little sister had been hit by two bullets.
Nehru College Delhi University, Masters in Political
Around 10 to 12 People of our family had been killed
Science frome Department of Political Science DU,
in this attack and no one was there to help us at
Currently working as a Editor in Vishva Samvad
that time then the Pankaja mousi from Samiti help
Kendra Bharat Delhi
us a lot. She took up the responsibility of treatment
Reaserch work specialy in South Asian Countries
along with the expenses of the hospital.
on Refugee Problems and Womens Impowerment
& Gandhi Studies Permanent Residence in
Matrutva, Netrutva, Kartrutva in a Nation
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh)
Building What are a woman’s duties? “Our responsibility
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