ABOUT US
The Centre for Development Studies and Action (CDSA) was established in the year 2011 to empower the socially, educationally, and financially excluded sections of society particularly Women, Children, Youth, and Persons with Disability (PwD).
CDSA is a rights-based organization founded by a dedicated group of professionals with extensive experience in the development sector. It seeks to build a strong network of individuals from both rural and urban areas, engaging in various sectors such as Skill Development, Financial Inclusion, Training, Capacity Building, Model-Building, Policy Analysis, Collaborative Research, and Advocacy.
Our strategy is to work in collaboration with the State, Corporates, Civil Society Organizations, and other important stakeholders by promoting social change and participatory democracy through training, education, awareness, democratic mobilization, advocacy, and empowerment. We are committed to the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity in our quest to create a just society for all.
VISION
- To create a society without poverty and to strive towards economic empowerment of society based on constitutional and democratic values.
- In order to lead a dignified life wherein every individual strives towards and contributes to the development and sustenance of the human rights culture of the society and its core values i.e. equal rights and a life of dignity for the most marginalised.
MISSION
- To create a society without poverty and to strive towards economic empowerment of society based on constitutional and democratic values.
- In order to lead a dignified life wherein every individual strives towards and contributes to the development and sustenance of the human rights culture of the society and its core values i.e. equal rights and a life of dignity for the most marginalised.
- To reduce poverty by Promoting and facilitating income generation opportunities.
- To provide required trainings to equip youth, especially girls and young women to gain employability.
- To Promote Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills among underprivileged section of society,
- To sensitise and create awareness about education, higher education and vocational career available.
- To develop interest amongst and motivate rural students, especially tribal and girls in order to increase their enrollment and attendance in school.
- To ensure Gender justice and inculcate attitude based on equality within urban and rural societies
- To advocate the rights of women and other marginalized sections and to ensure their access to democratic institutions in order to empower them
- To undertake research and studies in order to document the gaps between policy and implementation processes.
- To propose policy interventions for building an inclusive society through empowerment of the socially and economically excluded communities.
- To disseminate information regarding government schemes and other welfare measures for the benefit of the citizens of the country.
- P- Participatory
- R- Result Oriented
- O- Open-mindedness
- A- Accountable
- C- Commitment
- T- Transparency