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MOBILIZATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN Written by Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry 2.3 Acceptance by the Community The responses from community were also very encouraging, as it is evident from the table below: 2.3 Acceptance by the Community
-6- Family is the basic and primary unit of the society and its impact brings effects at societal level. Before the advent of the project, the respondents told that it was difficult for them to participate in any out door activities. The community reserved a very conservative attitude but the mobilization worked a lot. The community was convinced that the project only aims to raise the family's income level by making the females active. The community's response before the project was also very strict as it is obvious from the table that 58.3 percent of respondents replied that the community's response was indifferent. 8.3 percent said that community even looked down upon their participation in the project, whereas 33.7 percent said that community's response was encouraging when male organizations were also established in the village which did the same purpose, for which the female organizations were developed. As the project progressed, the community's response changed, when more males were invited to participate in the project. So with the passage of time, the community became aware of the benefits brought by the schemes, so there was 100 percent acceptance of improved economic status of females. 2.4 Hold Over Earned Income
Mere economic empowerment does not mean that women have started
contributing in the income of the family, rather the hold over
earned income is also of prime importance.
The table shows that 87.5 percent of women responded that when they were not earning they were obviously the responsibility of their family members (i.e. father or husband). Since they have become an earning hand, they have full hold over the income and they feel free to spend the money the way they
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