A presentation done after a detailed study on Azad Foundation which works for Women Empowerment in South Delhi.

1. A CRITICAL STUDY ON AZAD FOUNDATION BY SARFARAZ FAHMI – JAMIA HAMDARDS.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

2. CONTENTS
• WHAT IS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT?
• FACT & FIGURES IN INDIAN CONTEXT
• MALE VS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
• INTRODUCTION – AZAD FOUNDATION
• WOMEN ON WHEEL
• RECOGNITION
• DOCUMENTARY CLIP
• SNAPSHOTS
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

3. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
• WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH WOMEN ELABORATE AND RECREATE WHAT IT IS
THAT THEY CAN BE, DO, AND ACCOMPLISH IN A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY WERE DENIED.
• EMPOWERMENT CAN BE DEFINED IN MANY WAYS, HOWEVER, WHEN TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S
EMPOWERMENT, EMPOWERMENT MEANS ACCEPTING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE (WOMEN) WHO ARE ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS INTO IT.
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

4. FACTS AND FIGURES
68%
32%
No. of Workers
Males
Female
• AS PER THE CENSUS 2001, THE INDIAN WORKFORCE IS OVER
400 MILLION, WHICH CONSTITUTES 39.1 % OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY.
• OF THE TOTAL 402 MILLION WORKERS, 275 MILLION ARE
MALES AND 127 MILLION FEMALES.
• THIS WOULD MEAN THAT 51.7 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL MALES
AND 25.6 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FEMALES ARE WORKERS.
• THE NUMBER OF FEMALE WORKERS IS ABOUT LESS THAN
HALF THE NUMBER OF MALE WORKERS.
• IN TERMS OF PROPORTION, 68.4 PERCENT OF THE WORKERS
ARE MALES AND 31.6 PERCENT FEMALES.
#Source: Census of India
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

5. MALE VS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
MALE FEMALE
0
50
100
Main Workers Marginal
Workers
Non Workers
73.1
10.8 16.1
66.1
15.1 18.8
2001 2011
0
50
100
Main
Workers
Marginal
Workers
Non
Workers
23.1
17.5
59.422.3
15.5
62.2
2001
2011
#Source: Census of India
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

6. AZAD FOUNDATION
• STARTED IN 2008 AS A CHARITABLE TRUST IN DELHI. THE BASIS OF THEIR ORGANISATION EMERGED FROM THE PERSISTENT
GENDER INEQUALITIES IN INDIA AND THE SHEER NEED OF FINDING NON-TRADITIONAL, HIGH-RETURN LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS
FOR POOR WOMEN IN URBAN AREAS.
• THEY STARTED WORK WITH FUNDS RAISED LARGELY FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS MOST YOUNG ORGANISATIONS DO.
• SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN SOUTH DELHI, THEY HAVE GROWN TO OTHER LOCATIONS – WITH FOUR TRAINING CENTRES IN
DELHI, AN OFFICE IN JAIPUR AND ONE IN KOLKATA.
• THEY ALSO OFFER RESIDENTIAL TRAINING TO WOMEN FROM AREAS WHERE THEY DO NOT WORK THROUGH WOMEN ON
WHEELS ACADEMY, AND HAVE BROUGHT WOMEN ON WHEELS INTO INDORE, AHMEDABAD, AND BANGALORE WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS.
• AZAD FOUNDATION PROVIDES LIVELIHOODS WITH DIGNITY FOR RESOURCE-POOR WOMEN LIVING IN URBAN AREAS IN
INDIA.
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

7. WOMEN ON WHEELS
• WOMEN ON WHEELS IS A UNIQUE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
THAT AIM TO PROVIDE NON-TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOOD
WITH DIGNITY TO RESOURCE POOR WOMEN AS WELL
AS OFFER SAFE AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
OPTIONS TO WOMEN IN SOME CITIES IN INDIA.
• WOMEN ON WHEEL IS DELIVERED THROUGH A HYBRID
INSTITUTION STRUCTURE: AZAD FOUNDATION, A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING EMPOWERMENT
TRAINING & SUPPORT; AND SAKHA CONSULTING
WINGS, A PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING CAB
SERVICES TO WOMEN.
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

8. …CONTD – WOMEN ON WHEELS
• WOMEN EMPLOYED CHAUFFEURS EARN ANYTHING
BETWEEN 7,500 – 20,000 INR.
• AS PER A RECENT STUDY BY AZAD FOUNDATION,
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POSTPONE MARRIAGE,
CHOOSE PARTNERS OF THEIR OWN PREFERENCE,
AND WALKOUT OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.
• MANY OF THE WOMEN TRAINED BY AZAD HAVE
BECOME ROLE MODELS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN IN DIFFERENT MEDIA
PLATFORM.
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

9. RECOGNITION
• THE FOUNDER OF AZAD AND SAKHA, MEENU VADERA, RECEIVED “JIJA BAI AWARD” FOR HER EXEMPLARY GIVEN
BY SHIVA JI COLLEGE, D.U.
• SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN “WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD” BY U.S. EMBASSY.
• MISS MEENU WAS ALSO AWARDED FIRST PRIZE IN “BUSINESS AND ENTREPRISE” CATEGORY OF THE 100
UNSEEN POWERFUL WOMEN BY ONE WORLD ACTION, U.K.
• IN 2013, SAKHA CHAUFFEURS MET BRITISH P.M. DAVID CAMERON DURING HIS VISIT TO INDIA.
• IN 2015, SAKHA CHAUFFEUR DROVE NETHERLAND’S P.M. MARK RUTTE ON HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO INDIA.
• WOMEN ON WHEEL AND AZAD WERE FEATURED IN POPULAR T.V. SHOW “SATYAMEVJAYATE” HOSTED BY
SUPERSTAR AMIR KHAN.
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

10. DOCUMENTARY CLIP 1
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

11. SNAPSHOTS
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD

12. WUJOOD-E-ZAN SE HAI TASVEER-E-KAINAT MEIN RANG
ISSI KE SAAZ SE HAI ZINDAGI KA SOZ-E-DARUN
THE PICTURE THAT THIS WORLD PRESENTS FROM WOMAN GETS ITS TINTS AND
SCENTS
SHE IS THE LYRE THAT CAN IMPART PATHOS AND WARMTH TO HUMAN HEART
THANKS!
S.M.B.S. – JAMIA HAMDARD