Women of our rural society can’t think that they can do so, they didn’t deserve yet. Abuses or deprivation violence suppresses potentials and will power of women and pushes them to be isolated in house and make ones homesick.
Shefali, of Bhusirbandar village of Tentulia union of Chirirbandar upazila under Dinajpur district. Shefali’s Parents Rahim Baksh and Rahima Begum have done an undeserved with her. Shefali had to get married in class eight when she was only fourteen by their unjust decision. Her husband Sadekul Islam is a surveyor of land settlement department. She was birthing two children after and after with a short interval. Shefali and Sadekul’s family was going on a passable time. Unexpectedly her husband got a road accident and they fall in a critical scarcity with her family. Her husband Sadekul had to lay on bed treatment for more than five years. Shefali had been fighting to get come round of her husband and sold her land- property, living assets and such kind of everything of her family. On that time Sadekul lost also his job. Shefali isolated by too much crisis and was sinking in dark space. She got upset but she could not think to go out of his family to overcome the crisis with her family. On that time she started poultry rearing, tailoring etc. and income lumpsum to maintain her family. Shefali’s husband recovered his health hazard after a long time and he got back his job but he lost his physical ability to deliver labor. Their family could not bring the solvency. Thus they were living with fallen status.
Shefali got membership of JSKS-GRAWHREE project earlier in 2009 and received training on ‘ Male-Female relationship’ and ‘ Small entrepreneurship’ in the same year. These trainings changed her mindset and thought that she has to take forward step to generate income. She decided to go out side the home and to bring back family solvency Then she got 20,000 /= (Taka twenty thousand only) as capital from JSKS’s Women friendly Micro credit program. She started Beef Fattening project and beside it poultry rearing etc. IGAs. Now she has 7 Cow; she earns 200 Tk. to 250 Tk. every year by selling eggs, seasonally she earn 13,000/= to 14,00 Tk. every season by selling birds. She could be able to make a capital of 150,000 Tk. Shefali didn’t stop only improving her solvency.
In 2010 she got training on Assertiveness conducted by USHA under GRAWHREE project where also took part the Saleha women UP member elected from reserve 7, 8 & 9 No. ward of Fazilpur union. Shefali inspired by seeing saleha and she decided to take part the next UP election. She informed her husband about her optimism her husband agreed with her desire and responded positively. At last Shefali took part in the UP election held in 2011 and she got win with 1210 vote differ from her immediate competitor. She expresses her acknowledgement to the Small entrepreneurs’ Forum and all of the residents. She added that, I could be able to establish myself as a self-confidant and to be determined with JSKS through the GRAWHREE project. The project supported me to be self employed, economically empowered. I created my political position. Once upon a time I was isolated within a house, very recent she received allocation by discussing with MP. `Assertive training’ build me today’s UP member. I thought to complete marriage of my younger daughter when she read in class Nine (IX) but remaining with JSKS GRAWHREE project I changed my hope and could realized how harmful act I went to do, that could spoil my daughter’s future! She thanked God that her daughter now reads in BA Honors. She deserve that her daughter will be self dependent by joining job for being economically empowered.
