Empowering Women: These institutions in India help women to lead an independent life

Mitti Ke Rang

Mitti Ke Rang is a social venture committed to empowering women, widows, and single women to become independent and self-reliant by acquiring skills through education and training programs to help them lead dignified life.

MKR started in 2014 as a social venture, currently working in 11 countries across the globe, rebuilding the lives of underprivileged women and their children by providing a portal to empower, educate, and rehabilitate them.

They organise various skill-based workshops and projects to make women aware of their rights and benefits.

Contact information
Call - 9922790240, 7982782937
Address: — Athashri 4 135/1 3a 1a Mundhwa Road Hadapsar Pune Pune Mh 411028 India

CREA

CREA envisions a more just and peaceful world, where everyone realises their autonomy, dignity, and equality. And builds feminist leadership, strengthens movements, challenges unjust power structures, expands sexual and reproductive freedoms and advances the human rights of structurally excluded people.

CREA uses the term ``structurally excluded” to draw attention to how societal architecture prevents certain people from enjoying the full spectrum of rights and from meaningfully and effectively participating in their communities and decision-making spaces.

Their work focuses on preventing individual harms, dismantling the structures that construct and sustain those harms, and creating pathways to justice for persons excluded because of their real or perceived genders, sexualities, identities, or chosen forms of labour.

“We think sexuality is really at the frontier of women’s rights. It is a huge area through which control is wielded over our lives. It is about all of us—every woman. How I see who I see; whether I marry; how I spend my money; can I be who I am; can I make choices; do these choices mean that I face discrimination, stigma, inequality, violence,” says Geetanjali Misra, Executive Director, CREA.

At present, CREA works with structurally excluded women and girls, persons of diverse sexualities, genders and sex characteristics, persons with disabilities, and sex workers. CREA will continue to practice and advocate for broader inclusion and solidarity.

Contact information
Call: 91 11 2437 7707 / 91 11 2437 8700 / 91 11 2437 8701
ADDRESS: 7, Ground Floor and Basement, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110013