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DUNLOP WOMEN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION

KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL Since 1997

Focus areas

AgricultureArt & CultureChildrenCivic IssuesDalit UpliftmentDifferently AbledDisaster ManagementDrinking WaterEducation & LiteracyAged/ElderlyEnvironment & ForestsFood ProcessingHealth & Family WelfareHIV/AIDSHousingHuman RightsLegal Awareness & AidMinority IssuesNutritionPanchayati RajRural Development & Poverty AlleviationScience & TechnologySportsTourismTribal AffairsVocational TrainingWater ResourcesWomens Development & EmpowermentYouth AffairsAnimal HusbandryDairying & FisheriesBiotechnologyInformation & Communication TechnologyLabour & EmploymentLand ResourcesMicro Small & Medium EnterprisesNew & Renewable EnergyRight to Information & AdvocacyUrban Development & Poverty Alleviation

Key facts

NGO type
Registered Societies (Non-Government)
Registered with
Registrar of Societies
FCRA status
N
Established
1997
Organisation type
NGO
Operational states
BIHAR|JHARKHAND|GUJARAT|WEST BENGAL
Operational cities
Pashchim Champaran, Purba Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, Nalanda, Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur (Bhabua), Rohtas, Jehanabad , Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui, JHARKHAND, Garhwa , Chatra, Kodarma, Giridih, Deoghar, Godda, Sahibganj, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Purbi Singhbhum, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla, Saraikela-Kharsawan, GUJARAT, Banas Kantha, Patan , Mahesana, Gandhinagar, Ahmadabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Anand , Dohad , Narmada, Bharuch, Morbi, WEST BENGAL, Darjiling , Murshidabad , Birbhum, Barddhaman , North Twenty Four Parganas, Bankura , Puruliya, Kolkata, South Twenty Four Parganas, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur

Special features

Members from its target group have been elected to various tiers of the Panchayati Raj. The organisation has been instrumental in setting up of a Panchayat Adhikar Samiti to ensure the effective devolution of powers to the Panchayati bodies. Training and mass awareness camps for effective functioning of the Panchayat bodies have been carried out which have promoted more responsible functioning on the part of elected representatives and also contributed to informed bodies. Training and mass aware