CASE STUDY - 1 Gurbari Sidar
NAME Gurbari Sidar
SEX Female
AGE 17 years 6 Months
CASTE Aadiwasi (ST)
PLACE Shankarpali
Name of Family Members
· Mother Name- Mathura Bai sidar
· Father Name- Larmin Sidar
· 3 sister 1 brother – First elder sister is married Second Guruvari Third her Brother Fourth is a younger sister.
ISSUE Child Marriage
STORY/CASE
Gurbari Sidar is 17 years old. She is member of Village level Girls group in Shankarpali village of Dabhara Block. Gurubari’s parents had scripted her destiny soon after her birth. Doing household chores, some years of schooling and early marriage was planned for Gurbari.
Gurubari had seen this happen in her family, her elder sister was married off soon after her 10th standard. Before this could happen to Gurbari, she joined the girls group by Nivedita Foundation supported by Oxfam. This was an eye opening experience for her. She learned about gender equality and adversaries of child and early marriage. But her brother and father wanted her to marry. For them Gurbari was “paraidhaan”, thus the sooner she is married the better.
LEARNING
After joining at NF and attended various meeting and Training program on violence against women’s. Then she understood what are the domestic violence, girl’s rights, child marriage, women’s rights, and gender equity then increase confident level against action at home.
INITIATIVES OF ORGANIZATION
1. Join to Adolescence girls, group.
2. Gave training of child marriage, force marriage, Women’s rights, fundamental rights, girl’s rights.
3. Counseling their family members.
4. Increase their Self confidence.
IMPACT/CHANGE/CONCLUSION
She understood effect coming after child Marriage & its Problem. And she able to make them understand their family member’s to stop her Child marriage.
Submitted by
Kamini Dharma