Women's Empowerment

Organization Objectives

The Fundación Madre aims to create gender equality and equity in opportunities, through education, prevention and exercising ones human rights. The foundation promotes personal development and strengthening of the family, primarily by addressing children, adolescents and mothers in high risk or vulnerable situations.

Location: Jodphur Setting: Urban Established: 2004 Staff: Office: 17 Field: 50

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment; Community Mobilization/Organization
Human Rights: Advocacy; Poverty, Equality and Social Justice
Education and Youth Development: Social Leadership; Vocational and Life Skills Training; Skill Building; Guidance and Counseling; Leadership Training
Women's Empowerment: Advocacy and Rights; Violence Against Women; Capacity Building

Organization Objectives

Vikalp Sansthan’s mission is to spread awareness and inspire understanding of the problems related to gender based violence, to make individuals aware of their rights as human beings, and to empower young women and men to actively participate in development and social change. Vikalp works in 12 districts of Western and southern Rajasthan, focusing on this region due to its strong social problems including but not limited to a rigid caste system, illiteracy, female infanticide, violence against women, forced child marriage, and dowry. Their long-term vision is to create a violence free society based on equality, peace, and justice.

Location: Osiyan, Jodhpur District, India Setting: Rural Established: 2001 Staff: 7

Organization Objectives

Since 2001, YUVA Prayas has worked to empower communities especially women and children to access to basic facilities and to promote a sense of independence and self-worth. Yuva prayas goals are to:

Identify and organize women from rural migrants areas into groups for academic and practical education, vocational training programs, and group confidence-building activities
To provide quality educational opportunities to rural children

Location: Jodphur Setting: Urban Established: 1997 Staff: 7

Subject Areas

Youth & Education: Skill Building, Guidance and Counseling, Leadership Training
Health: Social Development, Food Security Awareness, Nutrition, Personal Hygiene
Women's Empowerment: Skill Enhancement, Building Cooperatives, Women’s Entrepreneurship, Awareness and Training Programs, Capacity Building, Education, Reproductive Health Care and Rights, Career Counseling.

Organization Objectives

JGram Vikas Seva Sansthan (GVSS) was founded in 1997 with the vision of "constructing an exploitation-free society" in India. The organization's mission is to acieve “Social, Economic and Political Empowerment of poor, Dalits (“untouchables”), Children, Women and other Marginalized community through Awareness and leadership development.” In order to achieve its mission, GVSS pursues the following objectives:

Promote reproductive health and target HIV/AIDS transmission among marginalized sections of society
Provide basic healthcare in rural and urban areas and promote community health by awareness-raising and community health programs targeting women, children, and addressing common health scourges like malaria and TB
Provide education and prevent child labor in rural areas through informal education programs
Empower women and promote economic independence through Self-Help Groups and vocational training
Address domestic conflict and abuse through family counseling and gender sensitization programs
Reduce sex-based feticide and gender selection practices through awareness-raising programs and village-based rallies
Protect and rehabilitate women and girls suffering from economic distress and exploitation through the provision of shelter and counseling
Promote sustainable agriculture practices and provide food security in rural areas through trainings and technical support
Encourage inclusion of all sectors of society in village planning and participation through the establishment of Village Development Committees, Village Old People's Associations, and women's Self-Help Groups, and Dalit village-level committees

Location: Chandelao Village, Jodphur Setting: Rural Established: 2007 Staff: 2

Subject Areas

Community Development:Capacity Building, Community mobilization/organization, Planning and Infrastructure Building, Cultural Retention, Tourism
Environment/Appropriate Technology: Organic/sustainable agriculture, renewable energy
Women's Empowerment: Building cooperatives, Women’s entrepreneurship, Capacity building

Organization Objectives

Chandelao Vikas Sansthan seeks to empower the women and in Chandelao village, Rajasthan and create a sustainable source of income by promoting and maintaining knowledge about local arts and crafts.

Location: Udaipur, India Setting: Urban Established: 2001 Staff: 26

Subject Areas:
Youth and Education: Social Leadership, Teaching, Personal and Professional Development
Community Development: Community Empowerment, Building Social Capital, Social Responsibility
Women’s Empowerment: Women’s Business Support, Gender Equity Strategies, Reproductive Rights

Organization Objectives
Jatan Sansthan:

- Encourages young people’s voices in policymaking and programs across the country by increasing youth participation in decision making, molding youth advocates, facilitating their voice at national and international forums, and engaging like–minded organizations to make young people a collective force
- Works for the empowerment of the poor, socially-excluded, vulnerable, and oppressed in order to improve their social, educational, economic, cultural, and health status
- Undertakes programs concerning health issues faced by the community, especially women, children, and adolescents
- Works to improve the condition of women, promote their equality, and develop their ability to earn livelihoods through the creation and operation of women’s groups
- Conducts both national and international research on local issues affecting people’s potential for capacity enhancement

Location: Salta

Subject Areas: Youth & Education, Women's Empowerment, Community Development

Organization Objectives
To promote and foster the formation of a solidarity based collective conscience able to:

- Raise children in conditions favorable to healthy development

- Support all initiatives that raise the living conditions in the local neighborhood

- Create and maintain consistent educational opportunities

- Initiate or support organizations who represent minority groups and promote their self reliance and basic needs

Location: Tola Setting: Rural-Urban

Subject Areas
Human Rights; Women's Empowerment

Organization Objectives
The organization´s fundamental goal is the promotion and defense of the rights of women, girls, boys, adolescents, and youth of both sexes. The organization is also involved in advocating for the approval of therapeutic abortion as a woman´s right.

Location: Tola Setting: Rural-Urban

Subject Areas
Community Development; Women's Empowerment; Youth and Education

Organization Objectives
The Ministry of the Family (MIFAM) is dedicated to strengthening families via direct support to disadvantaged infants, youth and parents as well as the designing of programs that improve linkages among families and communities, leading to greater social support and development.

Location: Salta

Subject Areas
Health
Women's Empowerment

Fundación Nutrir Salta is an integrated social center ensuring the care of high-risk children and their families in all aspects of their lives. Specifically, the foundation combats infant malnutrition by supplying food and educating families on proper preparation; building positive home environments, creating dignity and self-esteem in mothers; providing workshops to mothers and a community garden to children; emphasizing knowledge transfer between generations; and providing spiritual guidance.

Fundación Madre

Vikalp Sansthan

Yuva Prayas

Gram Vikas Seva Sansthan (GVSS)

Chandelao Vikas Sansthan

Jatan Sansthan

FuCaS

Nicaraguan Women´s Association “Luisa Amanda Espinoza” AMNLAE / Women´s House “Sonia Bello” in Rivas, Nicaragua

Ministerio de la Familia, Adolescencia y Niñez (MIFAM)

Fundación Nutrir Salta