Women Empowerment

In a significant move towards women empowerment and community development, Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Nidhi Malik today inaugurated the “Didi Ki Rasoi” canteen here at Government Boys Higher Secondary School. The canteen chain is being operated by Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the aegis of District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana …

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The Congress-led government in Karnataka has issued an official order granting one day of paid menstrual leave per month to women employees working in establishments registered under various labour laws in Karnataka. The Menstrual Leave Policy – 2025, which had received cabinet approval recently under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, aims to support women’s …

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More than 4,000 women have completed livelihood training at the Nava Women’s Empowerment Centre in Paloncha, run by Nava Limited as part of its CSR initiatives. Around 75 percent of trainees are engaged in tailoring and beautician work, while others have started businesses. Over 4,000 women have completed training in various livelihood courses so far …

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As the brand begins its new innings, a look at the extraordinary journey of the shop and its founder It all started with a table in a sari shop in Edappally, in Kerala’s Kochi, in 1980. Back then, Annu Jose, founder of Tara Baby Shop, was a married woman in her mid-twenties, with a newborn …

From baby clothes to empowering women, Tara Baby Shop has done it all for more than 40 years Read More »

Last April, my guests and I prepared to leave the wild embrace of Xigera, a living art gallery in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. This is where we hosted Roar Africa’s fifth Women’s Empowerment Retreat. As we prepared to readjust to the clamor of city life back home, one guest uttered a sentence that stopped me in my tracks: “Empowerment begins …

I Host Women’s Empowerment Retreats Across Africa—Here’s How Growing Up in Zimbabwe Inspired Me Read More »