🛂 Social Protection & ID Support for Women

Swecha Mahila Sangam — Social Protection & Documentation Unit helps women access government social protection schemes and identity documents that unlock health, food, financial and legal entitlements. We provide hands-on assistance for obtaining IDs, linking to pensions and subsidies, and navigating scheme registration so women and their families can claim the benefits they are entitled to.

🎯 Program Objectives

• 🧾 Facilitate acquisition and renewal of official IDs (Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID, birth certificates)
• 💸 Link eligible women to social protection schemes (pensions, widow benefits, maternity entitlements, pensions)
• 🔗 Ensure access to subsidised rations, cash transfers, and health insurance (Ayushman Bharat / state schemes)
• 📄 Provide documentation support to reduce exclusion and improve scheme uptake
• 🤝 Build local capacity for sustained community-led documentation assistance

📘 Core Services

• 🆔 ID Enrollment & Correction — Aadhaar enrollment/update, birth & death registration, voter ID assistance
• 🍛 Public Distribution System (PDS) support — ration card inclusion, portability and grievance redress
• 🏥 Health Scheme Linkage — Ayushman Bharat registration, health insurance card support and hospital empanelment guidance
• 💰 Social Benefit Claims — pension enrolment (old age, widow), disability benefits, Jan Dhan/DBT linkage
• 📂 Document Clinics — mobile camps to collect proof, fill forms, and submit applications
• 📞 Follow-up & Grievance Support — tracking application status, appeals and local authority liaison

🧭 Prioritisation Criteria

We prioritise women who face the greatest exclusion or vulnerability:

• 🔸 Single women, widows and elderly women without family support
• 🔸 Women living with HIV and their dependents
• 🔸 Migrant, informal sector and homeless women
• 🔸 Households without any official ID or proof of residence
• 🔸 Women with disabilities and caregivers of dependent children

🛠️ How We Deliver Support

• 🚐 Mobile documentation camps in communities and collaboration with local government counters
• 🧑‍💼 Paralegal and outreach worker accompaniment to enrollment centres and government offices
• 📄 Assistance with collecting supporting proofs (affidavits, landlord letters, medical certificates)
• 🔁 Application submission, online tracking, and in-person follow-up until issuance
• 📢 Awareness drives explaining eligibility, scheme benefits, and grievance mechanisms

📋 Typical Documentation Pathways

1. Initial intake and needs assessment (what IDs/benefits are missing)
2. Collecting and preparing proof documents with the beneficiary
3. Filling forms and submitting at appropriate authority or online portal
4. Tracking application status and resolving queries or rejections
5. Issuance, distribution and counselling on using benefits (ration, health card, DBT)

📈 Monitoring & Success Indicators

• 🆔 Number of IDs issued (Aadhaar, ration cards, voter IDs, birth certs)
• 🍽️ Increased PDS coverage and rice/food entitlements delivered
• 🏥 Number of households linked to health insurance and scheme benefits
• 💵 DBT/pension transfers successfully received
• 🔁 Reduction in application rejections due to documentation errors

🔒 Safeguards & Data Privacy

• 🔐 Confidential handling of personal data; only authorised staff access beneficiary data
• 📝 Informed consent for data collection and clear explanation of how documents are used
• 🛡️ Minimise risks for vulnerable women (e.g., safety planning for those facing domestic control)
• ⚖️ Legal referrals where denial of documents is linked to rights violations

💰 Indicative Costs & Logistics

• 🚐 Mobile documentation camp (per camp) — venue, transport, staff and logistics costs
• 📄 Small budget for proof procurement (notary/affidavit, travel reimbursements for beneficiaries)
• 📞 Staffing: paralegals, data-entry assistants and outreach coordinators
• 🔁 Contingency budget for appeals, legal fees (where necessary) and urgent cases

*Costs vary by scale, region and whether government or partner agencies provide in-kind support.

🗣️ Community Feedback

"I finally got my ration card and the pension for my mother — it changed how we manage food every month."
– Local Beneficiary

📞 How to Request Support / Partner

Location: Swecha Mahila Sangam (Social Protection & Documentation Unit)
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 863 928 2611
Email: support@swetchamahilasangam.org
Next step: Share the number of women/households and the types of documents or benefits required — our team will schedule a documentation camp or follow-up plan.