The presentation looks into the aspect of doing group work with women. The things explained in here are that of the objectives of group work with women, its formation stages etc..
3. 1. INTRODUCTION
social group work is the ‘enhancement of a person’s
social functioning through purposeful group experiences’.
The concept of group work practice was largely influenced
in India by the work of Trekker, Wilson and Ryland.
The idea behind forming groups is to become self
sufficient and to get institutionalized as the time passes.
4. Groups are effectively used to support individuals in
growth, rehabilitation, personal change and also to
prevent personal and social breakdown.
a lot of organizations working with women are forming
groups of women for a variety of objectives.
The SHG’s of women mainly looks into the aspects like
Education, Support, Livelihood, Legal aid and health
related benefits.
5. 2. GROUPS OF WOMEN
• Women have been using groups for a variety of
reasons from a long time
1
• It is been used for Therapeutic functions by acting as support systems to
women who unburden themselves by sharing their problems.
2
• As mechanisms of social control
• Forums of recreation, social education, health education and so on.
3
• Gives opportunity to address the individual issues as a common problem
6. This also led them to rely more on groups rather
than finding solutions individually.
However her commitment to the family is far more
important for her and her participation in other groups
is considered secondary and at times forbidden.
The groups are formed in order to help them in Various
aspects of their life.
7. 3. OBJECTIVES OF GROUP WORK WITH
WOMEN
Efforts to empower women in different aspects like
Education, Health and Economic empowerment of them
both in Urban and Rural areas.
The Mahila Samakhya and Swastha Sangh are two
governmental programs designed to use groups of
women for promoting education and health respectively
8. Group work with women in India thus falls broadly in
the task oriented model of group work, which has growth
oriented goals.
Aims to help them to participate in decision making.
Address the problems like savings and income
generation, providing support in emergencies such as
violence at home or at work place etc
9. 3.1. Educational
Providing education to women in various
aspects -beginning from literacy skills to legal aid .
Women of all ages, rural or urban, different socio
economic group, religions and region are participating
in such groups.
These interventions are generally short in duration
and mainly task oriented
10. 3.2. Support
Creating network of women facing domestic
violence and abuse both at work place and home,
or any other emotional problem -empowering these
women to confront the situation rather than
remaining silent.
It also means to provide active advocacy and social
action
11. 3.3. Livelihood
Economic empowerment is the most common
objectives of groups of women.
helps them to learn to save and to create a source for
getting Financial help from a friendly and non
exploitative source.
helped to acquire Economic skills of different kinds
12. 3.4. Legal Aid
provide them some legal aid concerning marital
problems, inheritance matters, sexual
harassments and other aspects related with their
life.
Support network during legal battles to secure
Justice for members
13. 3.5. Health Groups
Providing health related information to
expecting mothers with newly born babies.
Help to women suffering from various ailments
including AIDS and HIV.
Also makes attempt to have behavioral and
attitudinal changes among women.
14. 4. FORMATION STAGE
How do I form a group of women? Or
Where do I begin?
Contacting members individually or in groups to share
the idea of forming a group
Educate the members about the needs and issues,
which has to be addressed to get solved
Formation must be focused on other aspects like Social
context and Need formation
15. 4.1. Social Context
Deeper understanding of the social background -
including Religion, Caste, Cultural norms, Social mobility,
Type of family and it’s Size, Gender relations, educational
status of the family including the women, economic status
of the women.
The worker should also know the Stratification system
and social structure especially the relationship between
male and female in that particular society
16. Why we need to collect all this – to look at the
issues from the people’s perspective.
This also aims to treat them as equal partners and
encourage to express their needs.
17. 4.2. Need Assessment
Analyze the basic purpose of the creation of the
group
Aim of the group is the interest of the members
Identifying and meeting the opinion of the leaders of
the area
Arranging meetings with them will help in assessing the
current and relevant needs of that community
18. To find the Able people among the group and give
them a role to play in the group.
Success of the formation stage = the Interest of the
women in participating in the activities of the group.
participation without persuasion.
Convincing them that they are capable to achieve
the set goal.
19. 5. MIDDLE STAGE
Consolidations of the group activities are made to
appreciate and make changes if necessary.
Development of them can be assessed by comparing the
general awareness, self confidence level, communication
level, personality etc from the earlier period to the
present moment.
The inputs given in each stage can vary based on the
requirement and the objective the group is been looking
20. 6. WITHDRAWEL STAGE
The core aim of creating a group is to make them
self sufficient unit.
it is the withdrawal of the worker to enable the group
members to assume responsibility for the works
carried by the worker earlier.
A periodic monitoring will help to continue and boost
the functions of the group in these periods
21. 7. CONCLUSION
latest developmental method established in India
A group of women is been gathered and their necessity is
enquired. Based on their need different types of groups are
formed for their individual growth and welfare
Different stages like finding groups of women, finding an
objective based on their common condition, forming a group
studying the social context and need, constant monitoring
made on the group and at last the withdrawal of the worker
22. The initiatives taken to improve the life conditions
of women have played vital role in bringing them to the
forefront of the society
The assignment on the Group work with women was an
effort to know the process, continuity and the
developmental stages of creating a group of women.
It helped in knowing more about doing group work with
women for their development in the society.
23. 8. REFERENCE
• Siddiqui. H.Y, Group Work Theories and Practices, Rawat
Publications, New Delhi. 2008.
• Mishra PD, Social group work: theory and Practice, New Royal
Book Co, Delhi, 2008.
• Konopka PD, Social Group work, Oxford University Press,
England, 1963.
• Trucker HD, Social Group work Principles and Practices, Rawat
Publications, New York, 1985
