Question: Recently the World Bank has approved the US$ 63 million for Socio Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls & Young Women Project in Jharkhand. The project is named as-
(a) Tejaswini
(b) Nirbhaya
(c) Women Development Society
(d) Ujawal
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 21 June 2016 the World Bank Board approved the US$ 63 million Tejaswini: Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls & Young Women Project in Jharkhand, which will support adolescent girls and young women, ages 14-24, to complete their secondary level education and acquire relevant skills for the job market.
- The project will support market-driven skills training and secondary education as well as broader socio-economic empowerment for adolescent girls and young women.
- It will be implemented in 17 select districts of Jharkhand, is expected to benefit about 680,000 adolescent girls and young women.
- The project will intervene at two levels – at the community and at the institutional level.
- The community-based platforms (“clubs” and “centers”) will hold regular counselling and guidance sessions, life skills education, livelihood support services, and provide information on, and access to, broader services and opportunities.
- At the institutional level, it will work with partner institutions through performance-based contracts to deliver vocational training, business skills training, and non-formal education to a subset of adolescent girls and young women.
- Life skills education will include Resilience and “soft skills”, Rights and protections, Health and nutrition and Financial literacy .
- This is the first World Bank project in India that is solely focused on the welfare of adolescent girls and young wome.