Women & Child Welfare

In a country like India, from a young age, the behaviour of investment and saving is never seen as integral to be taught and instilled in a girl. This behaviour sticks with her as she grows into a woman when the realization comes that the woman never becomes financially independent and secure. In addition,...

Bharat Ratna, Shri Pranab Mukherjee former President of India, today gave away scholarships to 1336 underprivileged girl children from Skipper Foundation to support their education in “BetiPadahoAbhiyaan”. This is the 3rd edition of the BetiPadhaoAbhiyaan organized by Skipper Foundation, the CSR wing of leading Power Transmission and Distribution and Polymer products company Skipper Limited. Shri Anand...

In the 1970s, the Boston Symphony Orchestra started to implement a blind audition experiment where players were concealed behind a screen to eliminate gender bias and increase diversity. Despite this measure, the numbers barely moved at first. It wasn’t until players were asked to remove their shoes that women started to make it to next round of auditions. Just the...

Started as a campaign to mark its centenary year, Save the Children’s #WhyTheGap challenge, with support from artist ambassadors Twinkle Khanna and Dia Mirza, has already touched over 12 million people on social media since its launch on August 19. #WhyTheGap is the final leg of Save the Children’s 100-day digital campaign and has been...

Vista Equity Partners, a US-based investment firm, has announced the expansion of its partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Vista and its portfolio companies operating in India have pledged an additional USD 1 million to Akshaya Patra to support the Foundation’s Mid-Day Meal Programme across India, helping deliver hot, nutritious, and hygienic meals to...

150 adolescent girls under ‘Ab Meri Baari’ are leading various initiatives to create a nation-wide movement for raising awareness on adolescent priorities such as education, nutrition, health, sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), skilling, safety and creation of agency for empowerment. These girl champions finalized the priorities of adolescents in the state after discussing the...

In today’s world, there are many Non-Profit organisations (NPOs) who come as a blessing doing miracles for children in different sectors be it from education or healthcare & nutrition. There still are many children in the local, regional and national level, who do not get one full meal a day. Right to education, nutrition...

India is a country where women still find fighting for their rights and gaining the socio-economic status they deserve an uphill task. There is a constant need for a respectable life and the desperation of being able to make ends meet amongst the women. The lure of leading a luxurious lifestyle has motivated women...

Vedanta Aluminium has reinforced its commitment towards woman empowerment through the inauguration of a new turmeric processing machine for a women Self-Help Group in Lanjigarh. The company runs the Self-Help Group program, under the Sakhi Project with the rural women, which is one of the key initiatives of the sustainable livelihood program. Speaking on the...

There are 8 million children living in child care institutions and 85% of them have a living parent or a relative. Research shows that children who grow up in Child Care Institutions are at a high risk to suffer from Poor Cognitive Development, have difficulty in forming emotional bonds with others, and also undergo...

As part of its core commitment to gender diversity and community development, MG Motor India is extending its focus on educating the girl child with HECTOR. The automaker has rolled out its ‘Worth Waiting For’ programme, enabling those who have booked the MG HECTOR to be part of the social cause, while they wait...

Underlining its aim to empower orphaned and vulnerable children to reach their full potential Miracle Foundation India, a fully-licensed Section 25 non-profit organization, conducted their first-ever Children’s Youth Ambassador’s Workshop, ‘Meeting of the Champions’. The initiative took place from 27th to 29th of July, 2019 at Mumbai’s Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Center. Miracle Foundation India had received a total of 78...