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- Women's Development
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- Environment Development
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- ICT based Life Long Learning
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- E-Governance and Social Capital
- Various services offered through VKCs
- NABARD Watershed Development
- Community Drinking Water Purification Plant
- Seed Production
- Vidiyal Received Nasscom Award
- Mobile for Good Awards 2015’
- Theni District Farmers Goat Producer Company Limited
- Open Education Resource
- L3F Experince sharing
- Community meeting with WABAG
- Gender Training
- Farmers Producer Company - FPC
Vision & Mission
- VIDIYAL envisages a state of model community living at which the poor and marginalized people will be socially, Politically, Economically empowered.
- Organising the people, providing Education and creating opportunities to enble them to solve thier problemsby themselves for sustained development.
Women Development
SELF HELP GROUPS
GIRL CHILD PROTECTION
VOCATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES
VIDIYAL understands the agony of being born of girl child and especially in a district where once the female infanticide was rampant. Thanks to intervention of government and non-government organizations, the incidence has been lowered much but still awareness on stopping the practice is going on to check recurring. VIDIYAL educates the public on the following theme of gender violence so they are sensitized and stop female infanticide. |
Gender Violence Throughout the Life Cycle |
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| Phase | Type of Violence Present |
| Prenatal: | Battering during pregnancy (emotional and physical effects on the woman; effects on birth); coerced pregnancy; deprivation of food and liquids; Sex-selective abortion |
| Infancy | Female infanticide; emotional and physical abuse; differential access to food and medical care for girl infants. |
| Childhood: | Child marriage; genital mutilation; sexual abuse by family members and strangers; differential access to food and medical care; child prostitution |
| Adolescence: | Rape and martial rape; sexual assault; forced prostitution; trafficking in women; courtship violence; economically coerced sex; sexual abuse in the workplace |
| Reproductive Age | Abuse of women by intimate partners; martial rape; dowry abuse and murders; partner homicide; psychological abuse; sexual abuse in the workplace; sexual harassment; rape; abuse of women with disabilities; legal discrimination |
| Old-Age | Abuse and exploitation of windows. |
VIDIYAL has been identified as District Facilitation Centre (DFC) for Theni (out of 7 districts in South Tamil Nadu), by DEEPS, a Dharmapuri based NGO. The program was started in 2007 and has not paid workers. The office bearers of the self help groups act as volunteers and render the following services Sub-centre visit for checking proper delivery practices Home visits for checking proper care of girl child.