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Women Organizations
Wake Up India Women's Wing
The organization was founded by Mrs. Ellen John in 1995, with a burden to help the poor in India. Working primarily with rural village women, Wake Up aims to help poor and underserved village women. Their primary programs include: a primary school for rural children; a prison ministry providing counseling and medical care to women in the Bangalore central jail; tailoring, typing and computer training courses.
Contact Details:
Wake Up India Women's Wing
Dodda Dunna Sandra village
Devanagundi Post
Bangalore
India
560067
E-mail:wakeup77@sify.com
Vimochana
Deals with many women's issues from domestic violence to labor issues. Activities range from counseling, service provision, education and outreach, mobilizing and organizing, activism.
Address: 2124 16th B Main 1-A Cross
HAL IInd Stage,
Bangalore 560038
INDIA
Tel (9180) 526 9307
Guild of Women Achievers (GOWA)
The mission of Guild of Women Achievers (GOWA) is to help women maximize their potential by networking and helping each other to grow personally and professionally. GOWA was designed to boost women's self esteem by perceiving them as achievers. "Be a friend to another woman" is the basic thrust of GOWA.
Contact Details:
Guild of Women Achievers (GOWA)
8/67 Block1
Railway Parallel Road
Kumara Park West
Bangalore
India
560-020
All India Democratic Women's Association
AIDWA is a left oriented women's organization committed to achieving democracy, equality and women's emancipation. It has a membership of more than 5.4 million. The site features events and issues affecting women of India as well as updates on AIDWA's campaigns on empowerment and economic independence.
Address:
All India Democratic Women's Association
23, Vital Bhai Patel House
Rafi Marg
New Delhi-110001
Tel 3710476
Fax 371-6515
Email: brindak@nda.vsnl.net.in
Akshara - A Women's Resource Center
Akshara presently works with young women in schools, slums, and institutions through training groups, discussions, and workshops, as well as by issuing scholarships for education. The organization continues to have a women's resource center, and is in the process of putting together a detailed reference of women's studies. Their mission is to enable women to continue with education, to develop critical thinking skills in regards to gender and development, and to promote self-awareness.
Contact Details:
Akshara - A Women's Resource Center
501 Neelambari Road #86
Opp. Portuguese Church
Dadar West
Mumbai-400 028
India
E-mail: aksharacentre@vsnl.com
Majlis
A legal and cultural resource centre working in the area of women and minority rights. The legal centre of Majlis is a group of lawyers providing legal assistance to women. Majlis is also involved in research and documentation on issues concerning women.
Address:
A-2/4, Golden Valley
Kalina, Mumbai (Bombay)
400 098 India
Tel: 6180394, 6160252
SmileLife Charitable Trust
Navi Mumbai, India
SmileLife Charitable Trust was founded in 2003 to contribute to women's empowerment. Their mission is to bring about the social and economic betterment of women through programs aimed at giving single women the opportunity for self-sufficiency. Ultimately, SmileLife plans on initiating a small-scale local industry that could employ a large number of area women and give them a stable means of income-generation.
Contact Details:
SmileLife Charitable Trust
#C-321, Vashi Plaza, Sector-17, Vashi,
Navi Mumbai-400703
India
E-mail: smilelifes@smilelifes.org
Guidance Society for Labour Orphans and Women (GLOW)
GLOW (Guidance Society for Labor Orphans and Women) is a non-profit, social service organization that has been assisting the poor, marginalized and vulnerable Dalit women of Taminadu. GLOW is involved in ten major programs including STD/HIV awareness, micro-credit loans, scavenger's rehabitation program, and gender development.
Contact Details:
Guidance Society for Labour Orphans and Women (GLOW)
K. Pudur. Post New Delhi
Tifuppattur.Tk
Vellore District
Tamil Nadu-635653
India.
E-mail: annaduraiglow@rediffmail.com
Women's Organization for Rural Development (WORD)
Women's Organization for Rural Development (WORD) was founded in 1991 by Ms. Sivakamavalli. Their goals include eradicating gender disparity through the attainment of social, economic, health, cultural, and environmental development. Focusing on serving primarily rural poor women, the organization works to improve the status of women by promoting women and children in livestock rearing This organization is actively involved in several ongoing and widespread programs reaching out to local women through training and education, these vital tools allow them to attain their ambitious aims throughout society.
Contact Details:
Women's Organization for Rural Development (WORD)
H.O: Post Bag No. 1, Bazaar Street
Pandamangalam Post
P. Velur Taluk, Namakkal District
Tamil Nadu-637 208
India
E-mail: siva_word@hotmail.com
Centre for Women's Development and Research
The Centre for Women's Development and Research (CWDR) is an organization that was founded in 1993 by a group of female activists who wanted to address problems faced by women in the southeast end of Chennai, India in a region called Thiruvanmiyur. CWDR is trying to focus on giving the women vocational training and providing them with loans to possibly start their own small businesses.
Contact Details:
Centre for Women's Development and Research
5/359 Annai Indira Nagar
Okkiyampet, Thuraipakkam
Chennai-600 096
India
Nirnaya
Nirnaya is a non-profit women's trust that was founded in 1998 by Indira Jena and Uma Maheehwan. The organization's main mission is to work towards gender justice by increasing women's decision making capabilities. The organization focuses it's works on Dalit tribal women and girls because they are the ones who are most vulnerable to poverty and violence in Indian society.
Contact Details:
Nirnaya
Flat #11, Deepti Apts.
S.P. Road
Secunderabad-500-026
India
E-mail: hyd2_nirnaya@sancharnet.in
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