Evenafter completing her MBA in HR and Marketing, our fellow Vijaylaxmi was looking for a platform to have her own identity in society.
Her husband was in politics and a youth president. However he wasn't very supportive of a working wife and many times discouraged her from pursuing jobs.
Vijaylaxmi was very determined and she wanted to join the Indira Fellowship. Her husband also understood her enthusiasm and encouraged her to join the fellowship.
“He had previously stopped me from working in other fields but when it came to joining the fellowship he himself encouraged me to join”.
She looks at it as an opportunity to train herself as well as provide rights to other women.
Through her Shakti Clubs she met women who were away from politics. She usually engages with illiterate women who are unaware of the schemes and policies of the government. She makes them understand the importance of their votes as well as Nyari Nyay Yojana of the Congress Party. She wants women to understand the importance not only of financial independence but of independent political conscience.
While on field herself Vijaylaxmi faced a lot of biases that people have against women politicians.
“People do not respect women who pursue politics and many a time have told me women should not be allowed in this sphere” she recalls.
But this has not deterred her from working towards better representation of women at national level politics and she sees herself as a future leader giving voice to the most downtrodden women and providing them opportunities to study, work and earn a living.