Women & Child Welfare
L’Oréal Paris CSR initiative Launches a Digital Training Program to Prevent Street Harassment
When we see someone hurt, or fall on the road, we instinctively reach out to help. But it is not so when someone is being harassed sexually on the street. People tend to look the other way when they see someone uncomfortable on the street because of eve-teasing. People think that interfering will put...
CSR of HCL Sponsors All-women Dutch Team in Transatlantic Rowing Race
HCL Technologies (HCL) announced it is sponsoring Dutchess of the Sea, an all-women Dutch team participating in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a transatlantic rowing race.
The four women departed from the Canary Islands on December 12 and will row over 3,000 miles non-stop to the Nelson’s Dockyard English Harbour in Antigua & Barbuda. HCL’s support...
CSR News: Leica Camera India and Save the Children come together to #ProtectAGeneration
As the world embraces the “New Normal”, the situation has worsened for children living on streets, for those getting trafficked and abused, for those who are severely malnourished or for girls who get married even before they turn 18. Perhaps, life was never “normal” for them in the first place. With the pandemic spreading to...
CSR arm of GHCL Limited Organises Digital Literacy Training for Women
GHCL Foundation, the CSR arm of GHCL Limited, a well-diversified group with footprints in Chemicals, Textiles, and Consumer Products segment, organized a digital literacy training programme for the women of Valvad & Karambel villages in Gujarat in association with MANN Deshi Foundation.
During the digital literacy training programme an expert faculty from GHCL Foundation and...
United Nations launches a Women Enterprise Recovery Fund
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), with support from the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), the Government of Canada, and Visa Inc. have launched a ‘Women Enterprise Recovery Fund: Promoting and Upscaling Digital Solutions for Enhancing Women Enterprise Growth...
CSR: AkzoNobel India’s Surprise New Year’s Gift for Kids at a Govt School
Children going to government Senior Secondary School at Nathupur, Gurugram, had a New Year surprise when they returned. AkzoNobel India, the global paints and coatings company and maker of Dulux, repainted the school walls as part of the company’s global “Let’s Colour” CSR programme.
AkzoNobel India provided paints from its Dulux range for repainting in consultation...
Doordarshan Marathi joins up with Pehlay Akshar for RPG’s Magic Classroom CSR Initiative
The Pehlay Akshar Foundation (part of RPG Enterprise's CSR initiatives) works in partnership with State Governments to improve student learning outcomes. It has collaborated with TV channel Doordarshan Marathi for its Magic Classroom CSR initiative.
Magic Classroom aims to improve English language skills of students from class I to VIII across English and vernacular mediums....
CSR: Metro Shoes commits to support underprivileged kids by donating over 6500 shoes this month
Metro Shoes, one of the largest fashion footwear retailers in India, has collaborated with Greensole, to donate over 6500 shoes to underprivileged children from 93 zilla parishad schools of Chikhaldara Block, at Amravati District of Maharashtra in December 2020.
Greensole is an NGO which collects pre-loved footwear, refurbishes the same and donates them to children...
#DeshKaGourav – A social media initiative to inspire and empower women
Consumer electrical goods brand Gourav has introduced a social media initiative. #DeshKaGourav is Gourav’s community voice for women empowerment. Spread across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube it salutes the grit, triumph, and pride of Indian women.
With 70% of their labour workforce comprising of women, the brand is committed to take steps to empower women. Recently...
CSR Initiative to Address Period Poverty Amid COVID-19
As the country went under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, access to several essential items became difficult for the poor sections of the society. Several organizations as well as the government took measures to aid the people by providing them with basic groceries and other essentials. However, many a time, menstrual hygiene...
Netherlands Embassy in India fighting domestic violence
Incidences of domestic violence are on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. As families went into lockdown, incidences of atrocities on wives and children within the four corners of the house increased. There is no better way to halt this injustice than women empowerment. A woman who is economically and psychologically empowered can speak...
ANZ Bank’s #EqualFuture Campaign Addresses the Global Issue of Gender Pay Gap
A report by International Labour Organization (ILO), ‘gender pay gaps represents one of today’s greatest social injustices.’ Gender pay gap is a global issue with men getting paid more than women, for equal amount of work. The gap is a widely used indicator of gender inequality in the world of work and is frequently...
