Kudumbashree: – the movement that

Kudumbashree – the movement that has enabled millions of women in Kerala to chart a new course of life is an amalgam of stories – of struggles; of tears of joy and sorrow, and of victories small and big. The movement itself is a story, one that so far has only been told in parts. Kudumbashree website is a full-fledged web portal with all the information on the public domain. Details of innovative projects, best practices followed by Kudumbashree, study reports and field visit reports, presentations and graphical representations - any information is available in the website in respective pages. This KNOWLEDGE PORTAL page is the base page where details of available information / knowledge are mapped and grouped together for ease of navigation. Explore career opportunities with Kudumbashree, a community-driven initiative for poverty eradication and women empowerment in Kerala. History and Evolution Kudumbashree means different things to different people. For some, it is the poverty eradication project of the State government of Kerala. Some others view it as an exclusive domain of women engaged in social work. Yet in some others, the term Kudumbashree evokes the image of the women in uniform who come to collect waste from their door steps. For several people, Kudumbashree is like a blessing; a God-send. It appears as food to the hungry, as medicine to the sick, as ...