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Founded in 1927 Founded in 1927 by Margaret Cousins by Margaret Cousins

FOUNDER MEMBERS : Maharani Chimnabai Gaekwad Rani Sahiba of Sangli

• Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
• Mrs. Kamla Devi Chattopadhyaya

Lady Dorab Tata … and many more

First meeting, Ferguson College, Pune, Jan. 3, 1927 Eminent women of the time associated with the cause …

AIWC’s AIWC’s Main Concerns Main Concerns (Pre Independence) (Pre Independence)

• Women’s Education
• Abolishing ‘Purdah’ & Child Marriage
• Legislative Reforms
• Save the Children Programme
• Family Planning & Health Care
• Harijan Welfare
• Rural Reconstruction

Aims and Objectives Aims and Objectives

• To work for a society based on principles of social

justice, integrity, equal rights and opportunities.

• To secure for every human being, the essentials of

life , not determined by accident of birth or sex but by planned social distribution

INSTITUTIONS SET UP BY AIWC

• Family Planning Centre (estd. in 1937, now the Family

Planning Association of India)

• Save the Children Committee (estd. in 1943, now the

Indian Council for Child Welfare)

• Cancer Research Institute (estd. in 1952, now the

Cancer Institute, W.I.A., Chennai)

• The Amrit Kaur Bal Vihar for Mentally Retarded

Children (estd. in 1964)

EDUCATION PROGRAMME EDUCATION PROGRAMME

• The All India Women’s Education Fund Association

The All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA) was set up (AIWEFA) was set up

• Lady Irwin College of Home Science was established

Lady Irwin College of Home Science was established in November 1932 in November 1932

The College offered a three The College offered a three-

• year course for training teachers

year course for training teachers and a one and a one-

• year diploma course in Home Science

year diploma course in Home Science

LEGISLATIVE REFORMS INITIATED BY AIWC

• Sharda Act (1929)
• Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act (1937)
• Factory Act (1947)
• Hindu Marriage and Divorce Act (1954)
• Special Marriage Act (1954)
• Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956)

• Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (1956)
• The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women Act

(1958)

• Maternity Benefits Act (1961)
• Dowry Prohibition Act (1961)
• Equal Remuneration Act (1958, 1976)

PIONEERING PROGRAMMES OF AIWC

• Civil defense for women
• Catering management
• Directory of eminent women
• School for mentally retarded

Membership and Branches Membership and Branches

AIWC AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

• Consultative status with the United Nations

(ECOSOC).

• Member of the UNICEF Executive Committee
• Member of CONGO - Vice President till 2001
• Member of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• f the United Nations Environment Programme

AIWC

• Is a National Focal Point of International

Networking for Sustainable Energy

• Is a member of the World Renewable Energy

Network (WREN)

• Is affiliated to the International Alliance of

Women (IAW) and Pan Pacific South East Asian Women’s Association (PPSEAWA)

• Is a member of the Global Water Partnership-

South Asia Region (GWP-SAR)

Working Women’s Hostels Working Women’s Hostels

22 working women’s 22 working women’s hostels have been built hostels have been built all over India all over India

Working Women’s Hostel at Sarojini House

6, Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi-110 001.

HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

AIWC branches provide health & family welfare:

• immunization
• distribution of medicines
• ante-natal health care
• counseling of women
• health van for slum areas
• Deepali health Centre

LITERACY AND NON- FORMAL EDUCATION

AIWC has initiated:

• non-formal education programmes in primary

education for school drop out girls

• condensed courses for adult women and girls
• literacy, education & craft programmes in rural and

slum areas conducted by AIWC central Office

AIWC TRAINING AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROGRAMMES

A large number of our branches have set up vocational training centres for women/girls in:

• Handicraft
• Hair and Beauty Culture
• Screen and Block Printing
• Computer training
• Textile-cum-production centre
• Weaving and candle making

SHORT STAY HOMES

Shelter homes for women in distress

Twelve Short Stay Homes all over India and Crisis Intervention Centre at Bapnu Ghar provide:

• Boarding and Lodging
• Counseling (legal and psychological)
• Education
• Training
• Health Check ups
• Rehabilitation and Follow-Up

Senior Citizen Homes & Support Services for Aged Women

12 homes provide physical, mental, social & psychological support to underprivileged senior women citizens nationwide Many of our branches run old age homes providing free services, as well as ‘Pay and Stay Homes’.

MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMME

• For poverty alleviation and empowerment of women
• Self Help Groups formed by Branches
• Feb. 2001: Asia Pacific Region Micro-credit

Summit Meeting of Councils at New Delhi (in collaboration with ADB & Micro-credit Summit, Washington)--56 countries participated

PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

The department has been working on :

• Project on street children
• Crèches for children
• Scholarship program for brilliant children from

lower income group, sponsored by Foundation For Excellence.

RURAL ENERGY

Appointed approved nodal agency by the Govt. of

India, Min. of Non-Conventional Energy Sources since 1989 to implement :

• National project on Improved Chulha
• Bio-gas Development
• Propagation of solar cookers, water heaters, PV

lanterns, & introduction of other NRSE devices

Margaret Cousins Memorial Library

AIWC Central Office, New Delhi

• research & reference centre on women’s studies,

with books & reports on women-related issues

• publishes books, magazines and periodicals

(including Roshni, a quarterly in-house magazine)

RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION UNIT

Set up in the MCM Library, Central Office, New Delhi to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of AIWC :

• To conduct research on issues related to women
• To create a database of information with special

reference to women

RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND RESEARCH

• Women’s Struggle: ‘History of AIWC’

Women’s Struggle: ‘History of AIWC’

• A Research study on ‘Declining Sex Ratio’

A Research study on ‘Declining Sex Ratio’

• SHGs

SHGs and Attitude of Bank Managers: Partners in DFID and Attitude of Bank Managers: Partners in DFID research project with RBI, CARE India & CII research project with RBI, CARE India & CII

• Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Situations: Report of 10 all

Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Situations: Report of 10 all India workshops “Impact of Landmines” India workshops “Impact of Landmines”

• Micro Credit Summit Report

Micro Credit Summit Report

• Women in AIDS: Training manual and report

Women in AIDS: Training manual and report

• Report of the Workshop on Integrated Project Mechanics and

Report of the Workshop on Integrated Project Mechanics and Project Planning Project Planning

Women in AIDS Women in AIDS

• Women in AIDS Project was started in 1993,

Women in AIDS Project was started in 1993, supported by NORAD supported by NORAD

• Training of Trainers Programme for creating

Training of Trainers Programme for creating awareness among women for Protection & awareness among women for Protection & Prevention of HIV/AIDS Prevention of HIV/AIDS

CANCER INSTITUTE CANCER INSTITUTE

• Madras Branch of AIWC, the Women’s Indian

Madras Branch of AIWC, the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) started the Cancer Research Association (WIA) started the Cancer Research Institute in 1954 Institute in 1954

• Provided with the best available equipment

Provided with the best available equipment

• Also provides treatment

Also provides treatment

PROGRAMMES FOR YOUTH

AIWC established a new department for channeling youth energy This department will concentrate on:

• Seminars
• Vocational Training Programme
• Gender Sensitisation in Schools

RURAL SANITATION, WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

The department is working through the branches in the areas of:

• Sanitation
• Waste management/kitchen waste
• Water Conservation/Water Harvesting
• Promotion of Vermiculture
• Generating biogas

FUTURE PROGRAMMES OF AIWC FUTURE PROGRAMMES OF AIWC

• Economic Empowerment for Women

Economic Empowerment for Women

• Total literacy

Total literacy

• Family Planning and Health Care

Family Planning and Health Care

• Rural Development

Rural Development

• Adoption of Villages with an Integrated

Adoption of Villages with an Integrated Approach Approach