Dairy plays a crucial role in the rural economy of the country with high potential to generate income and employment.

Here's how 325 landless women labourers from Ropar district are earning an additional income during this lockdown period

With the outbreak of Covid-19 virus and subsequent lockdown across the entire country, daily wage earners have been struggling to survive, with many facing starvation.

Women from Sorath Mahila Federation have come together to prepare 1200 ration kits for the deprived communities in Kodinar District of Gujarat. Each ration kit includes 7 kgs of wheat, 2.5 kgs of rice, 1 kg of oil and 2.5 kgs of potatoes and is enough to last a family for 4 weeks.

Predominantly involved in inter-lending and in providing community support, Self-Help Groups in Ambuja Foundation's core villages are now also playing a role in fighting COVID-19 - by making face Masks!

Ambuja Foundation works with over 144 Sakhis across locations, and today they are playing a major role working closely with the village health authorities in restricting the entry of COVID19 into the villages we work in. Ambuja Foundation spoke with two Sakhis from Farakka, West Bengal, who are working rigorously to curb the virus.

This year, the theme for International Women's Day was #EachforEqual and in response, BusinessWorld shared the insights of various women leaders. Ambuja Foundation's CEO Pearl Tiwari shared her thoughts on the role of women and her experiences at Ambuja Foundation as part of the article:

Ambuja Foundation in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative South Asia (GRI SA) with support from Swedish Institute and SIDA hosted a dialogue event on Thursday 5th December in Mumbai, bringing together a diverse range of stakeholders.

SHG women in Chandrapur have set up and are managing an outlet to provide Health & Safety equipment to key stakeholders at Maratha Cement Works, a unit of ACL Upparwahi, Maharashtra - helping rural women earn another revenue stream to support them and their families.

Chandrakala Uttamroa Ramgirwar, better known as 'Chanda Didi,' is the Secretary of the Ekta Women's Federation in Chandrapur Maharashtra, and a mother of two. In a conversation with Thrive, she talks about her experience and journey after becoming an SHG member and the transformation that this people's institution has brought to women and communities in the district.

Ambuja Foundation was honoured to have the new Managing Director and CEO of Ambuja Cement Limited <b>Mr Bimlendra Jha</b> as the guest of honour during a Community Interaction and celebration of 'International Women's Day' at Rabriyawas, Rajasthan.

Ambuja Foundation places a large focus on 'gender balance' across its programs. Whether it is ensuring women farmers are engaged in their Agricultural Livelihoods program or breaking gender stereotypes through Skill Training, Ambuja Foundation has worked hard to create a balance for women across its program.