I am Prema from Madurai dist, Tirumangalam dist. My village is Melakottai. I am a consultant in Aditamilar union. The reason for me to step into this social work filed is, from my school days i used to like doing social service. I think its a holy job. We are in a work where we are doing things for people. we have done so many things for people. In gram sabha people are scared to ask for their basic rights. We give them awareness and chase away the fear, then we give the demands written in union letter pad and they have got the demands fulfilled. Vadagara and Nedungulam are the 2 villages where successfully we have got the demands fulfilled. Nedungulam had poor road facility and we have rectified it. and they also faced issues of water scarcity we also addressed it. One of the worker from Nedungulam didnt get her PF. Now we are dealing with her PF case. We are doing many such things for people. We are giving awareness to women on being brave in her workplace and How to deal with sexual harassment in workplace. If a woman is becoming victim of sexual harassment in work place, she is not sharing it outside, because mainly she has the fear of loosing job. In this situation forget about job. For us our Chastity/ Virginity is important. We should fight back with men. If you Resist men, they wont even come near you. Surely all women should have that braveness. Brave girl should teach such things to others. She should tell others only if we are brave enough then men will not come near us. women should ask for their rights clearly. They should step forward and ask for it. Some places women never open the mouth and ask for their rights. Some are scared to ask. We have participated in many gram sabhas. Many times people ask will this happen or not. why is this clerk silent, why is he not replying anything. But there is a way to make him reply. If we give a petition in RTI, they will come to our house give the list of fund allocation for each and everything in Panchayath. If we give this torture he will do what we ask for. We have done like this in some villages and clerk did the work for us. People think that they will not do it for us and what is the use of it. we should never think like that. I we write petition on RTI, they will come forward and do things for us. Not asking for it is the main mistake. If we start giving them torture they will start doing it automatically. They will have the fear. So people should do it with attitude and braveness. especially women must have attitude and should be brave enough. Happy women's day to all.
