Strategies to reduce social inequality

• FLIGHT - ’Funding Learning Initiative for Girls in Higher education and Skills training‘ is funded by the government and supported by ITIs (Industrial training institutions)
• FLIGHT has a budget of $336,000 to reach young and vulnerable women across 5 states, mainly Mahastrasha and Mumbai, and provides women with the opportunity to learn employability skills, and the opportunity to reach higher education
• This has provided 750 young women the opportunity to reach formal education within the last 2 years, in which 65% of the 750 have gone into secondary or further education - women become more skilled and can become employed - BUT, they’ll still learn less than men (30% less)
• UNs second chance education programme - funded by PRADAN, offers opportunities for more women to reach secondary and higher education
• This scheme has been provided with $4.5 million which has allowed them to reach over 70,000 women and girls over 4 states, one of which being Uttar Pradesh
• The women involved gain employability skills, further education opportunities, qualifications, and work experience
• Evidence of the success of this scheme is that 8,253 women farmers have been educated on how to increase their yield by 60% - consequently, they’ll make an addition $300 dollars annually