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DESCRIPTION:Shashi Tyagi  -the co-founder of GRAVIS an NGO in India, working by 
 Gandhian principles on rural reconstruction in desert villages of Rajasthan 
 and a partner organization of IDEX, will speak on Women Empowerment.  This 
 is a fund raiser for GRAVIS, donations of any amount accepted.  Shashi and 
 her husband L.C. Tyagi are Gandhians who follow the Mahatma Gandhi vision 
 for India, which is one of community self-reliance and dignity for labor. 
 Shashi Tyagi has particular interest in the economic empowerment of women, 
 their health, education, training, and income generating potential. She was 
 recently instrumental in founding a community hospital, which serves 
 200,000 people, particularly women in pregnancy and childbirth.  Women 
 empowerment  One of its accomplishments that GRAVIS takes most pride is in 
 the marked improvement in the status of women living in the rural 
 community. Women are more self-assured than they ever were, participate in 
 discussions with men, and take the initiative to gain greater independence. 
  GRAVIS over the years has invested in basic education for girls and 
 provided health and nutritional support to women and helped raise 
 self-esteem and created outlets for creativity and self-reliance.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/08/34923.php
SUMMARY:Speaker: Shashi Tyagi on Women Empowerment
LOCATION:World Centric  2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto  http://www.worldcentric.org  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/08/34923.php
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