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Women Enabling People
When You Educate a Woman…

In rural India, where traditional roles and limited opportunities often define the lives of women, education holds the potential to open doors that extend far beyond the school fence. It is not just about learning to read or write—it’s about building knowledge, skills, and confidence that enable women to make informed decisions, support their families, and participate actively in their communities.

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June 02, 2025
Women Enabling People
Crossing the threshold: A journey of empowerment

About a year ago, Ambuja Foundation decided to stop using the word “housewife” and adopted “homemaker” instead. Because language matters. And in the arena of women empowerment, it matters more than we perhaps realise. A simple change of word can take us across a threshold toward a new future. A woman is not limited to a house and its boundaries. She’s the maker of a home, a mainstay of her family, and a person in her own right.

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December 01, 2024
Women Enabling People
Breaking Royal Barriers

In a district of Saurashtra, Gujarat, select villagers are of a princely lineage – being direct descendants of small-scale princely states that once ruled the lands. Here, women are considered so ‘royal’ that they are confined to the four walls of their house compound to prevent them from ‘mixing with commoners’ – their faces never seen by others, forbidden to travel and unless a person is of a particular caste, they can never enter their homes.

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August 25, 2024
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- Free Health Camp in Kashlog, Himachal Pradesh - Ambuja Foundation West Bengal Wins Social Leadership Award - Rural Water: The Top Priority for Ambuja Foundation - Putting Salinity on the National Agenda - ‘WADI’ Double’s Tribal Farmer Incomes - Youth Build Careers, with SEDI - Mini Science Centre - Livelihood Fund - Electricians cum Entrepreneurs - Sewing Uplifts Girls - Tackling Malnutrition in UP - NEONATAL MORTALITY RATES PLUMMET - Cleaning Up Cotton - Organic farming – Roorkee - Ponds Transform a Desert - Women Vets Kickstart White Revolution - Sakhi Ensures 100% Institutional Delivery - From Daily Labourer to Internet Sathi - Solo Effort for 100% Toilet Coverage & Usage - Landing a Job in the District Court - From Spurious Liquor, to Samsung! - From Punjab to the Winter Olympics! - Calling the Shots - From Polio to Profit … - Building a Goat Empire - 500% Increase in Profit - Knitting During COVID-19 - Happy Hens - Smart Phone Repair for Smart Girl - India’s ‘Values Driven Companies’ & CSR - No Longer Burning Cash - Quenching Banana Thirst, With Less - Lift Irrigation Supports Vegetable Enterprise - Micro-Irrigation Supports Pucca House - Building a Chicken Empire - SRI Boosts Yield by 33% - Polyhouse Supports 8 lakh Bumper Crop - Coloured Cabbage Pays Dividends - Transforming Kukudsath - Village 100% Educated - Reducing Infant & Neonatal Mortality - Community Unites for Water - Farming Success Found – In Retirement! - Young Farmer to Sarpanch! - Raising the Bar in Aquaculture - ISO Accreditation for Schools - Tribal Woman Becomes Police Patil Letu Bai, Dhanakdevi Village, Chandrapur

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