With increased inequalities post Covid, empowering the weak is crucial ON December 10, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – and since then the day has been marked as #HumanRightsDay. The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims “the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as…
Category: Women’s Employment
Girl empowerment turned on its head
Daughters are valued breadwinners in many tribal communities EVEN today, many families across India celebrate the birth of a boy. Whereas a girl child is often unwelcome or tolerated at best. Sadly India has the dubious distinction of having one of the highest numbers of incidents of female foeticide in the world. In many parts…
Volunteering Opportunities at Protsahan
Kamalini requires committed and dedicated volunteers, who can teach basic computers, at their Kishangarh center. They also requires volunteers to conduct surveys, do promotions, and undertake creative work like designing posters etc. All opportunities can be done during the week or over weekends. Those interested should send across an email to mailto:jasminejose@kamalini.org
Women who complete Protsahan’s vocational training, have seen their income rise by 60%
“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.” – Gautam Buddha Kamalini, which is the Sanskrit word for lotus, is also the name…
How it all began at Protsahan
In view of the pitiful situation in which many underprivileged women live in the NCR, three female members of Educational & Development Initiatives (EDI), a registered society to promote social values among the youth, – Maria Mendes, Monica Rita De Souza, and J.J. Kunnacheery – started a new organization dedicated only for underprivileged women. What’s…
By transforming the way these women think, this organisation has ensured that its impact will flow from mother to daughter, teaching future generations the importance of education, employment and independence
When I first heard about ANEW, I figured from its name that the organisation was working in an area that posed to be quite a challenge in modern society. And that became clear to me as Sathya, who is on their Managing Committee, walked me through the work that they do. ANEW specializes in offering…
How it began at Association for Non-traditional Employment for Women (ANEW)
The Association for Non-traditional Employment for Women (ANEW) was conceived by the management of Paracor, a New York based private equity firm. The inspiration for ANEW came from an organisation in the USA named Non-traditional Employment for Women (NEW). Mr. M.K.Kumar, the then Chairman of Pierce Leslie India Ltd. and a member on the Advisory…