Indian Ngos
Funds for Ngo
Women NGOs Sites
INDIAN NGOS , Women's Organizations in India, & women NGOs in India
Joint Women's Programme - NGOs Delhi CSIRS, 14 Jungpura B, Muthura Road, New Delhi 110014.
Tel: 461-9821 Fax: 462-3681. India
Pune National Council of Women In India Poona Medical Foundation,
Ruby Hall Clinic, 40 Sassoon, PO Box No. 70, Pune 41100 India
Centre for Women's Development Studies The
Library 25 Bhair Vir Singh Marg Gole Market 110 001 New Delhi India Tel: +91 11 334 5530 or +91 11 336
5541 Fax: +91 11 334 6044 E-mail: cwdslib@alpha.nic.in or cwds@sscwds.ren.nic.in CWDS is a research centre comprised of a group of professionals working for the realization of women's equality and development
in all spheres of life. The centre maintains a specialized library with a collection on women and development in India, open
to students, research scholars, gender consultants, policy makers, journalists etc.
Committee on the Portrayal
of Women in the Media 4 Bhagwandas Road New Delhi 110 001 India
Institute of Social Studies Trust M-1
Kanchenjunga 18 Barakhamba Road New Delhi 110001 India
The YWCA of India - NGOs Delhi 10, Sansad
Marg, New Delhi. 110 001. India An umbrella organisation affiliated to the World YWCA with 65 local associations
in India. The organisation works for women's empowerment through a variety of programmes , the most important of which are
leadership training for women, advocacy work on all women's issues, and community development work . The YWCA also runs 40
women's residences across the country providing housing for working women as well as emergency shelter for women. The YWCA
of India is also a part of a network of 7 women's organistions based in Delhi and works together with them on common issues.
National Commission of Women 4, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg. New Delhi 110 002 India
All India
Coordinating Forum of the Adivasi/Indigenous Peoples (AICAIP) K-14 (First Floor), Green Park Extension 110016 New
Delhi India Tel: +91 11 616 3830 or +91 11 619 6640 Fax: +91 11 619 8042 E-mail: admin@tom.unv.ernet.in AICAIP was established as a forum for Adivasi/indigenous people's movements all over India. Its objective is to strengthen
the process of building solidarity and alliances amongst struggle oriented indigenous people's organizations. AICAIP aims
to identify shared issues and problems, to generate debate on these issues and to provide support to help deal with them.
One of the five working groups AICAIP has established is focused on Adivasi Women Issues. Neither AICAIP nor any of the organizations
it represents concentrates specifically on the dissemination of information. There is also no other Indian indigenous people's
organization with this focus. However, exchanging and providing information is part of AICAIP's work.
Diverse
Women for Diversity A-60 Hauz Khas New Delhi - 110 016 India Tel: 0091 11 656 1868 Fax: 0091 11 656 2093
Kali
For Women B 1/8 Hauz Khas, 1st Fl New Delhi 110016, India Telephone: +91-11-6852530 Fax: +91-11-6864497 URL:
http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex/kali.html
Women's Foundation L 1-4 Hauz Khas Enclave New Delhi 110016,
India
Centre for Social Research E.82, Saket New Delhi -110017 India
Centre for Women's Development
Studies B-43 Panscheel Enclave New Delhi 110017 Indiav Tel: 11-643-8428
Saheli: A Women's Organisation 105-108
Shopping Complex, Defence Clony Flyover, New Delhi 110024. India Tel: 461-3681.
Sakhi: Lesbian Organisation PO
Box 3526, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi 110024. India
Kali for Women (Feminist Publisher) A 36 Gulmohar Park New
Delhi 100 049 India
Center for Women's Studies and Development Panjab University Chandigarh - 160014 India
Centre
for Women's Studies and Development Faculty of Social Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi - 221005 India
Rajasthan Social
Work and Research Centre: Network for Self-reliance of the rural poor Tilonia 305 816, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Tel:
+91 1463 8804 Fax: +91 1463 8806 Email: swrc@unv.ernt.net.in
SEWA (women and work) Reception Centre Opp. Victoria Garden Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380 001 India
Center
for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA) Lilavatiben Lalbhai's Bungalow Civil Camp Road, Shahibaug
380 004 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Tel: +91 79 286 8856 or +91 79 286 6695 or 7865636 Fax: +91 79 286 6513 E-mail:
chetna@adinet.ernet.in or Indu.Capoor@Warm.Net CHETNA's mission is to contribute towards the empowerment of disadvantaged
women and children to enable them to gain control over their own, their families' and their communities' health. Its trainings
target supervisors, trainers, program managers and practitioners of NGOs and GOs. In order to provide a good flow of information,
a documentation and information centre has been created. Today CHETNA's main efforts are aimed at documenting the lives of
women and children in India and health issues. The collection contains a special section of training manuals, information
kits and modules. Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati.
Centre for Social Justice: Feminist Support Group. 5,
Neelkamal Building, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad 380 009 India Tel: +44 6560649/403027
Single Women's Organisation:
Networking Organisation. Indira, F/7 Sagar Apartments, Behind Doordarhsan, Opp. Sarthi Hotel, Bodak-Dev Road, Ahmedabad
380054. India
Women's Studies Research Centre Faculty of Home Science M.S. University of Baroda Baroda
390002 India
Women and Media Group C/o B.U.J. Prospect Chambers, Second Floor D.N. Road Bombay
400 001 Maharashtra India
The Women's Centre of India Nehru Road, Vokola Santa Cruz, Bombay 400 005 India
Women's
Studies Unit Tata Institute of Social Sciences P.O. Box 8313, Sion trombay Road Deonar, Bombay 400008 India The
Women's Studies Unit attempts to sensitize students and policymakers about women and development issues by teaching social
work students and government employees, by producing teaching materials, consulting various groups about women and development,
and by conducting research.
Maitreyi 7, Manjiki, Makarand Society Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim Bombay 400016 India Tel:
45 12 11/45 41 48 The major objective of Maitreyi is to develop a feminist perspective in understanding women's issues
and the women's movement, and to sensitize everyone about women's issues. Maitreyi sponsors and indirectly supports the following
activities: women's studies workshops, research, documentation, support centers for women in distress, mobilization of women
in villages to join Ladies Club, and publication of books and annual reports.
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey
(SNDT) Women's University Library 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road New Marine Lines 400 020 Mumbai India Tel:
+91 022 207 2792 Fax: +91 022 201 8226 E-mail: sndtulib@bom3.vsnl.net.in SNDT Women's University was established in 1916 as the first women's university in India. The university library was established
in 1955. It houses an information service on women's studies. The women's information section of the library caters to researchers
and professors as well as NGOs and activists. The library maintains an indigenous database -SUCHAK- containing references
to more than 100.000 titles. About 35.000 of these pertain specifically to women. In recent years the library has acquired
several instructional, bibliographical, and full text databases. Languages: Indian, English.
Akshara - A Women's
Resource Centre Neelambari 501, Road no. 86 Off Gokhale Road Dadar West 400028 Bombay India Tel: +91
22 430 9676 or +91 22 431 6082 Fax: +91 22 431 9143 E-mail: admin@akshara.ilbom.ernet.in Akshara began informally
in 1987 as result of the women's movement and its campaigns in Bombay. It started by producing low cost publications for women's
organizations and activists. In 1995 Akshara recieved funds to establish a library and reference centre for women. It now
has library facilities, offers gender training and workshops, and publishes educational and movement oriented materials. Languages:
English, Marathi.
Forum Against Oppression Of Women 29,Bhatia Bhavan, 1st floor Babrekar Marg, Dadar, Bombay
400028. Tel. 91-22-422-2436 Email: inforum@inbb.gn.apc.org FAOW was formed in 1979 as a platform to respond to an extremely unjust judgement on a rape case. Soon from a Forum Against
Rape as it was earlier called, it changed its name to the present one to encompass varied forms of women's oppression. FAOW
is part of what in India is recognised as the Autonomous Women's groups which has played a crucial role in this third phase
of the women's movement [late 70's onwards]. Today it is mainly a campaign group consisting of members from varied background-
students, housewives, professional women, lectureres etc. The members meet regularly once in a week and every one puts their
volantary time in the work that needs to be done. There are no paid staff.
Research Center for Women's Studies S.N.D.T.
Women's University Juhu Road, Santa Cruz Bombay 400 049 India
Women's Studies Unit Tata Institute of
Social Sciences Post Box 8318, Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar Bombay 400088 India
Majlis, A-2/4, Golden
Valley, Kalina, Mumbai (Bombay) - 400 098 India Tel: 6180394, 6160252 Majlis is a legal and cultural resource
centre working in the area of women and minority rights. The legal centre of Majlis is a group of lawyers providing legal
assistance to women. Majlis is also involved in reasearch and documentation on issues concerning women.
India
Women Scientist's Association (IWSA) IWSA Plot No. 20, Sector 10-A Vashi Navi Mumbai - 400 703 India Tel: 91
22 766 18 06 Fax: 91 22 6204038 / 4138521. Promote women's participation in Science. Membership open to all science
graduates.
Centre for Documentation and Research on Women (Aalochana) "Kedar" 86/11-B Kanchangalli Erandavana Poona
411 004 Maharashtra India Tel: 212-343563
Anveshi Research Center for Women's Studies Osmania University
Campus Hyerabad - 500 007 India
Streelekha 67.2fl,Blumon, Mahatma Gandhi Rd Bangalore 560001 India URL:
http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex/streelekha.html
Bangalore Joint Women's Programme 73 Miller's Road, Benson
Town, PO Box 4600, Bangalore 560046. India Tel: 080 333335.
Center for Informal Education and Development
Studies No. 7, Balaji Layout Wheeler Road Extension Bangalore 560 084 India
St. Ignatius Social Centre Probhat
Nagar, Honavar P.O. UK (Dt) Karnataka, India 581334
Working Women's Forum 55 Bhimsena Garden Road Madras
600 004 Tamil Nadu India Tel: 44-74553 or (9144) 4993937 or 4992853 Fax: 44-944444 or (9144) 4992853 Association
of unorganised or Informal women workers.
Madras Women's Indian Association Indian Council for World Affairs,
43 Greenways Madras 600028 India
Mother Teresa Women's University 13 Race Course Road Guindy Madras
- 600032 India
Sisters, For Polycultural lesbians. PO Box 26, Tambaram, Madras 600 059 India
Martec
Center for the Advancement of Women 25 Cathedral Road Madras Tamil Nadu 600086 India
Centre for Development
Studies Ulloor Trivandrum Kerala State 695011 India
Women's Research Centre P-595, Purna Das Road Calcutta
700019 India
Joint Women's Programme 16 Elgin Road, Calcutta 700020. India Tel: 033-749945
Streelakha (Feminist
Publisher) 16 Southern Avenue Calcutta 700 026 India
Sanhita Gender Resource Centre 89B Raja Basanta
Roy Road 700 029 Calcutta India Tel: +91 33 466 2150 or +91 33 463 1430 Fax: +91 33 473 0687 or +91 33 473
5619
Sanhita, an initiative of women activists in West Bengal, was born out of a need for information activism and
networking among grassroots organizations working towards the empowerment of women. Sanhita aims to increase women's access
to information. Sanhita conducts gender trainings, publishes, provides a referral service, and produces advocacy materials.
Sanhita also collects, processes, and disseminates information through action research programs and by means of a library
and documentation centre.
Joint Women's Programme JWP No. 15 Ramalinga Nagar, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Kottivakkam,
Thiruvanmiyur, Madras 800041. India
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