Empowering Women

What We've Accomplished

Amrita Sree - Vocational Training for 200,000 Women

To equip economically vulnerable women with the skills and means to set up cottage industries, more than 13,500 self groups for women across India and 1,000 groups in the nearby Andaman Islands have been established.

Microcredit Loans Get Them Started

So far, ETW has helped a million women receive microcredit loans -- benefitting more than 100,000 families.

Life & Accident Insurance to Protect their Family's Future

Every member of the self help groups has been enrolled in a plan with the Life Insurance Corporation of India. As part of the agreement, the insurance company also provides scholarships to 15% of the policyholder's children. Each year, these scholarships will rotate, so every family can benefit.

Ammachi Labs Women Empowerment Program

The WE Project was funded jointly by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and Amrita University. During an 18-month period (2012-2014),the WE Project offered computerized Vocational Education and Training(cVET) and Life Enrichment Education (LEE), to women with low levels of literacy living in remote and impoverished communities, reached 3,136 women in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu plus over 900 in other states totaling over 4000 women. Read More