Empowering Women through Education, Economic Independence, Social and Legal awareness, Health and Nutrition
PROJECT SPONSORS
NIIT
GAIL
DST
WCD ( MP Government)
UNICEF
UNIFEM
ICSSR
CSWB
SOMA Enterprises
Corporate Donors
Individual Donors




Ford Foundation
Sponsored two AIWEFA projects

(i) "Legal Awareness Project " in 1999 for two years in 18 Haryana Villages

(ii) "Directory on Common Ground” in 2003. The directory was prepared with a view to foster linkages between NGO’s and donor agencies concerned with women's issues.

STK
Sat Krishna Charitable Trust : AIWEFA jointly with Sat Krishna Trust completed a Women’s Empowerment Project in Narsinghpur village, Gurgaon in 2002

NIIT
National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT): cosponsored the “Computers for Schools” project from 2002-2005 which imparted basic computer awareness to nearly 1500 MCD/NDMC primary school children.

GAIL
Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) sponsored the “Village Adoption Project” for holistic development of three villages namely Daboda, Tirpari and Pataudi in district Gurgaon, Haryana from 2002-2005

FAO
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of UN sponsored an agricultural project in 2006 in Daboda and Tirpari Villages, District Gurgaon, Haryana. In this project farmers were imparted skills for more scientific farming using better seeds and better tools and setting up experimental nurseries

Delhi Government
Social Welfare Department (SWD) of Delhi Government sponsored AIWEFA's, Gender Resource Centre (GRC) in 2007. Various educational and vocational courses are conducted at GRC and Information for career development is provided. Information about various Delhi Government Schemes and counseling on different issues is also made available to the young girls

DST
Department of Science & Technology (DST) has sponsored a project in 2008 for three years which is being implemented in five villages namely Daboda, Basunda, Tirpari, Khera and Khurrampur of Gurgaon, Haryana. The emphasis in the project is to study the impact of new and improved agricultural practices specially on women with an aim to reduce drudgery and improve their quality of life.

WCD ( MP Government)
Women and Child Development (WCD) Department , Madhya Pradesh Government sponsored a seminar on “ Women Leaders in panchayati Raj” in 1996. The main topics of debate and discussions during the seminar were related to women’s empowerment and girl child.

Corporate and other Donors

(i) Sponsored International Conference on “Women on the march” in 1998. The conference had brain storming sessions to discuss projects / activities to be taken up by AIWEFA towards an empowered future for women.

(ii) Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) co-sponsored the Seminar on Building Partnership towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in India alongwith corporate donors.

(iii) Corporate Donors joined other Government Departments and Agencies to sponsor the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of AIWEFA in 2005.

(iv)The first edition of NGOs directory “On Common Grounds” was sponsored by corporate donors.

Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) Sponsored “Legal Literacy in Schools Project”.

Government of Delhi , in addition to the GRC project, it

(i) Co-sponsored the Computers in Schools project

(ii) Co-sponsored the Platinum jubilee Celebrations.

(iii) Co-sponsored the UN NGO IRENE project, Lakshmi Nagar

 

UNICEF (United Nation's Children's Fund) sponsored the Nutrition Workshop in 1994

UNIFEM (United Nation's Development Fund for Women) has sponsored six Workshops on “Violence against Women and HIV / AIDS” in and around Delhi

Individual Donors
Individual donors have participated in many of the projects to fill in resource gaps.

AIWEFA is grateful to the University Grants Commission for enabling the Lady Irwin College to carry repairs to the Hannah Sen Cottage where the AIWEFA office is located. AIWEFA is also grateful to the All India Women’s Conference and Soma Enterprises and individual donors for funding the completion of the renovation and furnishing of the AIWEFA office.