Women's role in India has typically been limited to 'the home' thanks to a patriarchal society and a 'permission culture' which, according to an IDHS survey, sees 79.9% of women having to ask for permission from a male family member to seek medical care, and 58% of women reporting that they needed permission to visit the local kirana (grocery store)
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Pearl Tiwari outlined the opportunity for skilling to enhance off-farm livelihoods in the Times of India Blog this month:
Read moreAll through the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambuja Foundation supported skilling centres (SEDI) have continued to equip rural youth with vocational skills, using the online medium.
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Ramesh and Nitu, both ex-trainees of SEDI Rajasthan have been conferred with the Skill Ambassador Award and the Skill Icon award, respectively.
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Anagha Mahajani - GM, Program Research & Monitoring at Ambuja Foundation has over 25 years' experience in the development sector and is a qualified management and research practitioner with publications to her credit.
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Through a specially constituted Placement Preparedness Team , the SEDI cluster in Rajasthan has placed 500 of its former trainees with the mantra "SEDI Buildings are closed but SEDIs are not"
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While the number of Covid 19 cases in India is on an upward trend, the number of missed opportunities for the youth is also on a rise; especially with the number of educational hours being lost owing to the lockdown.
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The rural economy is overdependent on agriculture employing over 60% of the total populace yet contributing to under 17% to GDP.
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Never in his wildest dreams did Paramjit Singh imagine he would be the owner of multiple businesses and employ 25 people.
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Ambuja Foundation's Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (SEDI) in West Bengal, has partnered with TVS Motors as an Industry Partner to help train and place rural youth in the automobile sector at TVS Motor.
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India is home to over 54% of young people, making it one of the youngest nations in the world.
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AU Foundation, the CSR arm of AU Small Finance Bank,cemented a partnership with ACF in 2018 to set up an AU Skills Academy in Jaipur Rajasthan
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