Women and Children

01st October 2024: Honda India Foundation (HIF) successfully organized the felicitation ceremony for top performers of the Honda ki Pathshala at Honda Samajik Vikas Kendra, a multi-facility skill development center at Naurangpur. Ten students were shortlisted through a series of elimination rounds from 1300+ participants across 26 Honda Ki Pathshala centers in Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Honda Ki Pathshala is one of the flagship CSR initiatives by the Honda India Foundation, implemented in collaboration with KHUSHII (Kinship for Humanitarian Social and Holistic Intervention in India), dedicated to providing comprehensive after-school education and support to students from underprivileged communities. In 2003, Kapil Dev founded KHUSHII with like-minded individuals, aimed at empowering underprivileged communities. The NGO focuses on education, health, and

1st October 2024: In a significant move towards empowering marginalized women, United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), with financial support from NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, has distributed five e-rickshaws, each equipped with a smartphone, to five women who have completed driving training. The distribution event was held at the Office of the Commissioner of Police and was graced by Bengaluru’s Police Commissioner, Sri B. Dayananda, IPS, along with Ankur Dasgupta, Vice President & Head of Marketing, India, NTT DATA. Supported by the Bengaluru City Commissioner’s Office and the NGO Parihar, this initiative aims to create sustainable livelihood opportunities for women from vulnerable communities. The project provides these women with the skills and tools necessary to operate

30th September 2024: Milaap, India’s largest crowdfunding platform, announced the launch of a volunteering program, ‘Together For Good’, in an attempt to give back to society in celebration of Daan Utsav (October 2-8), the annual ‘Festival of Giving’. In collaboration with some of India’s leading NGOs, this program invites compassionate individuals to donate their time and efforts to meaningful causes that directly benefit communities in need. The program offers both in-person and remote volunteering opportunities, making it accessible to people aged 18 and above across India and abroad. As part of the program, individuals can easily browse and register for various volunteering opportunities offered by partner NGOs through a simple, user-friendly process. Whether it’s supporting children’s palliative care, helping cancer

30th September 2024: Malabar Group, a leading diversified Indian business conglomerate- the parent company of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, announced its National Scholarship Programme for 2024 at Bharat Diamond Bourse, BKC, Mumbai. The scholarship programme has allocated ₹16 crore to support the education of over 21,000 girl students across India, marking a significant milestone in the Group’s flagship CSR initiative, the Malabar National Scholarship Programme. The event was inaugurated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Honourable Minister of Commerce & Industry. The Group’s top leadership, including MP Ahammed, (Chairman – Malabar Group), Asher O (MD – India operations – Malabar Group, Abdul Salam K P (Vice-Chairman – Malabar Group), Nishad AK (Executive Director, Malabar Group) and Shaunak Parikh (Director, Mahendra Brothers) were

30 September 2024: In a significant stride towards promoting holistic nutrition for children, Project Nand Ghar, through the Anil Agarwal Foundation, has launched a program to distribute millet protein shakes across Nand Ghars in the states where Vedanta has business units. Over the month of September, 50,000+ millet shakes will be distributed to approximately 6000 children, spanning multiple districts of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. This initiative aims to reinstate the importance of millets in the daily diet of children and the community at large. Through such supplements and nutrition centric programs, Nand Ghar is supporting the government in taking further the vision of a healthy and nourished India. Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Chairperson, Hindustan Zinc Ltd., and Non-Executive Director, Vedanta, remarked,

25th September, 2024: GHCL Foundation Trust, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of GHCL Textiles Ltd., has left an indelible mark on the lives of locals in Tamil Nadu through its CSR activities that have delivered impact at scale in FY2023-24.  The company operating textile plants in Madurai and Manapparai, Tamil Nadu, impacted 25,719 lives directly through its various welfare initiatives under GHCL Foundation Trust. One of GHCL’s key objectives is to catalyse change through women-led programmes.  With an 80% female workforce, GHCL Textiles Ltd. has empowered thousands of women become self-dependent, breadwinners for their families, which in turn has prompted measurable change in the localities around Manapparai and Madurai, where women have taken leadership in decision making that has

September 24, 2024 Progress, the trusted provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, today announced the recipients of its 2024 Women in STEM Scholarship Series. Established in 2019 and available to those who identify as women, the scholarship series aims to open opportunities to students in the US, Bulgaria, and India who are pursuing computer science, software engineering, IT, and computer information systems. For the first time, the scholarship has been expanded to seven well-deserving recipients in the three regions. “Each year, we have the privilege of meeting passionate, intelligent young women who aspire to use their STEM skills to advance their communities and the tech industry,” said Yogesh Gupta, CEO, of Progress. “This year’s recipients include a student who hopes to use

18th September 2024: IIFL Home Finance Ltd., India’s leading provider of affordable home loans, is proud to announce a substantial new initiative under their CSR program, “SheCreates.” This support, in collaboration with renowned master terracotta artisan Dolon Kundu from Bardhaman, West Bengal, aims to empower women artisans through enhanced infrastructure, capacity building, and financial literacy programs. SheCreates, IIFL HFL’s flagship CSR project, focuses on uplifting local artisans and promotes financial independence for women artisans while emphasizing cultural heritage preservation and socio-economic empowerment. The project aims to support more than 250 women artisans under Dolon Kundu’s supervision, with the potential to increase production capacity from 10,000 to 50,000 products per month. For this, IIFL Home Finance has extended a grant of

11 September 2024, New Delhi: With an aim to empower young students, Spreading Happiness InDiya Foundation (SHIF), a collaboration between cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar (through Sachin Tendulkar Foundation—STF) and Schneider Electric India, a leader in digital energy management and next-generation automation, have reached a major milestone in their mission to empower young minds in rural areas through digital education. Through the flagship SMITA program, the Foundation has positively impacted 60,000 students across 300+ schools in India. Inspired by the success and in celebration of World Literacy Day, SHIF has committed to revitalising 500 rural government schools by 2025, aiming to touch the lives of more than 100,000 young learners across aspirational blocks of India. At the heart of the SMITA

CSR is a new means to tackle gender inequality. Women’s empowerment across all sectors can be enhanced if corporations can identify common priorities and work together collaboratively to bring about major change that can be seen. Census 2011 data was a call for urgent action because it highlighted that the girl child is increasingly being excluded from life itself. The unabated decline in Child Sex Ratio (CSR) since 1961 (from 976 in 1961 to 927 in 2001 and 918 in 2011) was a matter of grave concern as it reflected the low status of women in our society and indicated her disempowerment over a life-cycle continuum. Declining CSR is also indicative of pre-birth discrimination manifested through gender-biased sex selection and