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Godrej Industries and Associate Companies celebrated Women’s Day multiple campaigns
Godrej Industries and Associate Companies celebrated International Women’s Day today through various women-centric initiatives. Godrej Industries and Associate Companies have six core businesses viz. FMCG, Real Estate, Agri, Housing Finance, Chemicals and Dairy.
Each of these verticals had planned unique initiatives to honour Women like:
1. Godrej Industries Limited (GIL Chemicals)
To commemorate International Women’s Day this...
On International Women’s Day, Safe Water Network hosts a virtual roundtable on ‘Water Knowledge Resource Centres as Lighthouse for Women Empowerment’
On International Women's Day March 8, 2022, Safe Water Network, the internationally renowned NGO, held a virtual roundtable to present its insights on how water ATMs are not only providing affordable, safe water access but are leveraged as 'Water Knowledge Resource Centres' having a lighthouse effect on Women Empowerment.
The panelists at the session included...
Women are underrepresented in environmental decision-making: UN Women
Women and men, in all their diversities, interact with the environment differently. For instance, evidence shows that climate change has gender differentiated impacts, employment data indicate that women rely on natural resources more than men do, and literature is plentiful on the disproportionate barriers women face to own assets, the absence of which can...
Women’s Day: De Beers extends CSR partnership with WomEng in host countries for engaging 10,000 girls and women in STEM
This International Women’s Day, De Beers Group is proud to announce it has extended its partnership with WomEng for a further three years, expanding the reach to cover all four of the countries where De Beers discovers diamonds and placing a greater focus on supporting women and girls to pursue careers in sustainability-related fields.
The...
CSR of Sunpower Renewables to empower women in over 100 villages through solar-powered electricity
It is estimated that around 30% of households live in energy poverty, which limits a woman’s access to education and economic opportunities while exposing them to health risks from a lack of access to clean cooking solutions with exposure to pollution from using wood, coal or charcoal for cooking and heating. This is a...
Spice Money celebrates Women Entrepreneurship in Rural India
Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech, has brought in an initiative to celebrate and salute the spirit of women entrepreneurship in rural India. This Women’s Day, the company has announced gift of education for the women within the family of its 1 Million plus strong merchant community (Spice Money Adhikaris). It is a kamaal ka...
UNICEF & Stayfree help educate over 1.7 million girls on Menstrual Hygiene Management
Stayfree in association with UNICEF has educated over 1.7 million girls on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) since the last seven years.
The initiative helped strengthen the adoption of MHM guidelines across states like UP, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan and Assam by empowering 10,000 + trainers to ensure the programme became self-sustaining.
Reduced dropout rates
The...
International Women’s Day: Simona Haiduc from Opportunity International Talks About Financial Inclusion of Women in Developing Countries
“Women’s rights are a human rights issue. Everyone must work to help achieve equal rights for women,” says Dr Farzana Khan, Head of Programs, Operation PeaceMaker, My Choices Foundation. On this International Women’s Day, in an exclusive interaction with The CSR Journal, Simona Haiduc, Opportunity International's Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships elaborates on the...
CSR: Omega Healthcare to Train 10,000 Rural Youth Under ‘Project 10K’
Omega Healthcare, a provider of Revenue Cycle Management process and Analytics solutions for the US healthcare industry, has announced its 'Project 10K' to provide holistic skilling interventions to the last mile beneficiaries and first-generation earners across South India.
Project 10K is part of the company's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) vision of skill development of rural...
Sitare Foundation announces first batch of talented students who have secured admissions in renowned US universities
Sitare Foundation, a not-for-profit organization aiming to “Transform fifty thousand lives through education by 2050” today announced the names of its first batch of five talented underprivileged senior secondary school students who have secured admissions in renowned universities in the United States of America, in undergraduate Computer Sciences programs. Milan Ramdhari will be joining...
CSR: FUJIFILM Holdings to donate $2 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
FUJIFILM Holdings, the holding company of Fujifilm Group, has announced the donation of a total of 2 million U.S. dollars to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries engaged in aid to the people of Ukraine.
The company will donate a total of 1 million U.S. dollars to United Nations High Commissioner for...
Women’s Day 2022 – 5 Indian Women Breaking Stereotypes
On the eve of International Women's Day 2022, meet 5 women who in a decidedly gender unequal world, are exemplifying how to defy glass ceilings and lead empowered and inspiring lives. With their work and their lives, they are showing us how we can come together to #BreakTheBias, which happens to be the campaign...
