SWAMI VIVEKANAND SHIKSHA SAMITI

objectives and major activities undertaken by the NGO SVSS seeks to establish a society based on principles of social justice, equity of opportunities and growth with balance. For this, it advocates to promote socio-economic development of people irrespective of their gender, religious orientation, ethnicity or caste. While it focuses on economic development but it furthermore believes that development of health and education services is not only complementary to economic development but also instrumental to it. A society in which, women do not have rights and respect equal to their male counterparts, and in which they live in constant fear of violence and harassment, can not be progressive. Status of women and girls determines the degree of growth opportunities in a society. Hence, women empowerment and prevention of violence against women are among the core objectives of SVSS. Gender equity and women empowerment are also seen as cross-cutting concerns in all the interventions. Children have the first call on our society and SVSS believes that they are not the citizen of future but are actually the