The needs and aspirations of women domestic workers are the focus of the Women Consortium project. It is critical that women domestic workers participate in capacity-building trainings in order to reclaim space and exercise their agency. Women domestic workers explicitly said in the needs assessment survey that they want a resource and support centre as an informative hub.

Babita Rani, a paralegal consultant with 'Nazdik', conducted a training workshop on the Right to Information Act for women domestic workers. She has expertise in Self Help Group processes and has worked with over 1200 women from the informal sector.

A brief discussion on SHG was also held, during which women domestic workers learned about the processes of self-help groups and numerous business possibilities from which they might start. The training session focused mostly on understanding the RTI Act, but participants also learned about their fundamental rights.

'Right to live,' 'Right to worship,' 'Right to eat and sleep,' 'Right to be treated with dignity and equality,' and 'Right to earn' were among the rights cited by women domestic workers during the session.

Following the discussion, women domestic workers were given an overview of the concept of 'Right to Information.' The resource person discussed the types of RTI requests that can be made. Because the discussion used a participatory style, real-life examples were used to help participants gain a better understanding. Women were told that if they did not receive a ration card, Adhaar card, or any other document for which they had applied, they may file an RTI. 'Knowledge is a fundamental right, and no one can stop us from exercising it,' Babita Rani added.

The goal of the session was to raise women's knowledge of their rights as citizens. They will gradually develop the habit of asking questions if something is not right if they know they can ask "Why”. At the end of the session, Madhumita said, “I always thought that as a woman and the caste from which I belong – I can only listen and obey. I never imagined that asking question is my Right (HAQ).”