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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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