Naghma Mulla, COO, EdelGive Foundation
Women’s Day 2021 – Gender Roles Slowing Entrepreneurs Down
Let's talk gender roles on International Women's Day today. Women constitute almost half the population in India and by the end of 2030, women in India are expected to create 150 million-170 million jobs in the country playing a pivotal role in the entrepreneurship landscape, as per a 2019 report published jointly by Google...
Walking the Talk: the Gap Between Intention and Action
The central premise of Section 135 of the Companies Act has been to link profits to welfare, leading to betterment of society as a whole. With the advent of this section, the creators of wealth and generators of profit were forced to acknowledge philanthropy beyond personal charitable giving. Philanthropy and the development sector suddenly became...
The Relevance of Niche Social Solutions
India is a country of scale. Together, we suffer at scale, celebrate at scale, attempt to resolve and solve at scale. Across the country, the larger issues of poverty, illiteracy, corruption and such other evils thrive at scale. It is only logical that when we attempt resolving such issues, solutions be crafted for scale.
It is...
Addressing Our Needs or The Need of The Hour?
Munna is an 18 year old unemployed college drop-out. He lives in the slums of Mumbai and would spend most of his time unproductively. Today, through supportive programs, he has received training in plumbing and is able to earn a sustainable amount.
Is this all that Munna is? Is this the real problem he has?...