Empower and Protect Indian Women Domestic Workers

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Summary

The project will educate women domestic workers and organize them to defend their rights and prevent exploitation. The project will empower women and create awareness of their issues in the public.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Two million Indian women domestic workers are affected by this project. We work to raise awareness of the issues they face and to mobilize them so that they know their rights. We work to create ID cards for them so that there is a documentation system for domestic workers. The project aims to help rural and urban-based domestic workers so that they are not exploited.

Activities

Drives are conducted to help domestic workers acquire membership and ID cards so that they are registered. Health Camps are organized to provide regular check-ups for domestic workers and provide them with proper health care, advice and medication.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $50,000
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

2 million - This project will help Women domestic workers from major attrocities and exploitation & will enable them to get just wages, weekly off and Rights they deserve.(

Project Message

Respect from employers, equal rights as workers and equal status as human beings will not come without any struggle by Domestic Workers themselves
- Yuli Maheni, Beneficiary

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jacinta Pinto ,
Regional Co-ordinator
National Domestic Workers Welfare Trust
A. 104, St. Mary's Apartments,Mazgoan
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400010
India
9102223780903
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

National Domestic Workers’ Welfare Trust
NDWWT, 104 A St. Mary’s Apartments
Nesbit Road, Mazagaon
Mumbai, Mumbai 400 010
India
(91-22) 23780903
http://www.ashoka.org

Learn more about National Domestic Workers’ Welfare Trust and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 19, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 19, 2008.

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