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| founder = [[Manasi Pradhan]]
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'''OYSS Women''' is a [[non-profit]] organization engaged in empowering women in [[India]]. It was founded in 1987 by women's rights activist [[Manasi Pradhan]].<ref name="dailypioneer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/at-chilika-meet-rural-women-vow-to-fight-against-violence.html |title=At Chilika meet, rural women vow to fight against violence |website=Dailypioneer.com |date=2013-04-26 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/printStory.asp?id=36312 |title=Women vow to dawn a new era of leadership in Odisha, Orissa News |website=Orissadiary.com |date=2012-09-08 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/43178-courage-rewarded.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009082117/http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/43178-courage-rewarded.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-10-09|title=Courage rewarded|date=2016-10-09|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:Nirbhaya Puraskar Photo 1.jpg|thumb|[[Manasi Pradhan]], [[Geeta Chandran]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Kamla Bhasin]] and [[Meenakshi Gopinath]] at 2017 [[Nirbhaya Samaroh]] held by OYSS Women and the [[Honour for Women National Campaign]] in [[New Delhi]].]]
The organization undertakes activities in the field of [[women]] education, vocational training, [[leadership]] development, [[women's rights]] enforcement, self-defense training and [[legal awareness]] with the objective of empowering women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/roadmap-drawn-for-rural-women-empowerment.html |title=Roadmap drawn for rural women empowerment |website=Dailypioneer.com |date=2013-06-26 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=38779 |title=Odisha: RCM and GM Law College conferred prestigious Model UN Medals, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines |website=Orissadiary.com |date=2013-01-11 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref>

==Model UN==
OYSS Women [[Model United Nations|Model UN]] is a national-level [[Policy debate competitions|conference]] of university and college students. The conference sits in different formations i.e. [[General Assembly]], [[Security Council]], UN Secretariat and Press & Publicity division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=36877 |title=Odisha: RCM Champion, GM Law College Runners Up in Model UN Contest, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines |website=Orissadiary.com |date=2012-10-07 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref>
Participants debate contemporary women issues and are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/printStory.asp?id=38779 |title=Odisha: RCM and GM Law College conferred prestigious Model UN Medals, Orissa News |website=Orissadiary.com |date=2013-01-11 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref>

==Events==
Some of the periodic events organized by OYSS Women includes [[Nirbhaya Samaroh]], Women Leadership Conclave, National Meet on Rural Women Empowerment, National Meet on Ending [[Violence against women]], National Meet on [[Liquor]] Trade & Gender Violence and [[women's rights]] festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/ncw-chief-inaugurates--womens-rights-stall-at-puri.html |title=NCW chief inaugurates Women's Rights Stall at Puri |website=Dailypioneer.com |date=2014-07-04 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref><ref name="dailypioneer1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=40791 |title=Odisha: Two-day National Meet on Violence against Women Inaugurated, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines |website=Orissadiary.com |date=2013-04-20 |accessdate=2016-11-16}}</ref>

{{commons category|OYSS Women}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Feminist organisations in India]]

OYSS Women - Revision history

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