Inspired by the ideals of Swami Vivekananda and Gandhiji, SEWA Rural, a Non Government Organization has been working since 1980. The purpose of the existence of the organization is to
\nreach out to poor and underprivileged through a variety of health, education and economic development programmes. The focus of all programmes has been the vulnerable members of\u00a0 the family, viz. the women, children and elderly. Women especially have been at the centre of all
\nmajor program objectives.
\nWe believe Men and women are equal and they complement each other. We strongly believe that men and women have equal rights. As such we shall always ensure all our actions are reinforcing women\u2019s rights, with or without legal mandate.
\nWe believe Women have special strengths and special needs. Organization recognizes this unique combination of strengths and needs and attempts to channelize it at work place for
\nempowerment of their own-selves and in turn help larger society. Our key programs relate to health care, women empowerment and community health focusing on women besides other
\nprograms.
\nAbout Great Place to Work\u00ae
\nGreat Place to Work\u00ae
\nis the global authority on building, sustaining and recognizing high-trust,
\nhigh-performing workplace cultures. It has crafted its perspective by learning from great leaders, surveying millions of employees, and examining thousands of the best workplaces around the
\nglobe. It serves businesses, non-profits, and government agencies in more than 50 countries, across all six continents. Great Place to Work\u00ae Institute partners more than 8000 organizations
\nevery year.
\nGreat Place to Work\u00ae
\nInstitute has conducted pioneering research on the characteristics of great
\nworkplaces for over 30 years. The finding- the key to creating a great workplace was not a prescriptive set of employee benefits, programmes, and practices, but the building of high\ufffequality relationships in the workplace \u2014 relationships characterized by trust, pride, and camaraderie. Great Place to Work\u00ae Institute\u2019s methodology is recognized as rigorous and objective and is considered as the gold standard for defining great workplaces across business,
\nacademia and government organizations.
\nThe Great Place to Work\u00ae
\nstarted operations in India in 2003. Every year, it studies more than 700
\norganizations in India and determines India\u2019s Best Workplaces across 20+ industries.
\nSEWA Rural is in top 15 Best workplaces for Women Nationally
\n46% of our employees and large majority of our beneficiaries are female. This has led all our
\nprocesses and programs to be sensitive to Women\u2019s needs. These are not just programs, these
\nare our practices in force for more than 2-3 decades and we have committed ourselves to
\nprovision of the same.These benefits find place in employee handbook and have been and are
\nbeing communicated to women employees in different forums. Few of programs are as under:
\ni. Maternity Benefits:
\na. ANC health care including admissions and delivery is free. She gets a special mother
\nand baby kit with immediate requirements of baby clothes, toy etc. Altering type of
\nwork (field to head quarter, shift to general shift) during later part of pregnancy.
\nb. Paid 26 weeks off post delivery
\nc. Cr\u00e8che- Killol Ghodiyaghar
\nRecognizing the need of help required by our female employees in taking care of
\ninfant child, Day care center is on campus, with trained attendants to take care of the
\ninfants while their mothers are on duty.
\nd. Breastfeeding breaks and Part time work up to 1 year
\nWomen employees requiring to take care of infants at home for longer periods
\nbecause of family challenges are allowed to opt for serving part time for up to a period
\nof one year as special dispensation.
\ne. Mother\u2019s adopting a child were given maternity benefit even prior to inclusion of such
\ncriteria in law
\nii. Child care:
\nChild health care free provision and sick Leave for taking care of sick child
\na. Special program \u2018kalrav\u2019 for kids of employees;
\n\u2018Kalrav\u2019- is cohort of kids of our employees.
\nSpecial retreats are organized in summer and winter vacation providing with
\neducational sessions and teaching extracurricular activities with. Special faculties.
\nb. Sick leave for Taking care of both set of parents
\niii. Fully functional and active Committee against sexual harassment. We have special code of
\nconduct to protect against any type of unwarranted misconduct leading to feeling of safe
\nworkplace.
\nThis committee is formed with representation from all levels and across functions in the
\norganization. It meets regularly to handle any issues that come up.
\niv. Live Grievance redressal
\nTake home message for other employers
\nEmployers should appreciate special needs of women, create policies which help them discharge their
\nresponsibilities at work and home effectively. Welcoming, appreciating women employees and
\ncelebrating their life events will help organizations achieve higher engagement. This in turn will give
\norganization a sincere, hardworking, committed and capable workforce for prolonged period.
\nIt will help create much healthier workforce if employers pay specific attention to women\u2019s strengths,
\nturn their challenges into employee engagement opportunities, make workplace women friendly and
\nestablish systems to ensure equal opportunities to women. This would be our share of contribution in
\ncreating healthier societies.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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