Very few women have access to the Internet in India, especially women living in rural areas. National Family Health Survey-5 data [from 2019-2021] assessed men’s and women’s internet use for the first time and found that only one in three women in India (33%) have ever used the internet, compared to more than half (57%)… Read More Transforming Rural Women’s Lives through Technology

Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) intends to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. A need of the hour is to ensure that communities based out of the farm and off-farm ecosystem become a part of mainstream value chains and have greater control over their socio-economic security and resources while building… Read More POWER for Climate

‘The Future of Progress’, released by Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report 2022 on SDGs 2030 highlighted the need for progressive efforts to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) that are currently being hindered by global crisis. SDGs were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. It aimed to… Read More In the spirit of SDGs

Ever wondered about catalyzing Bamboo, Green Gold to create versatile products and sustaining the environment? The narrative across the globe is calling for a positive shift towards People, Planet and Prosperity. Investments into nature-friendly value chains offer opportunities to adopt sustainability through environment-friendly business practices, promote responsible production and consumption while striving to improve the… Read More Catalyzing Green Gold: Farm to Home

As defined by UN Women, gender-equality training is a tool, strategy, and means to effect individual and collective transformation towards gender equality through consciousness raising, empowering learning, knowledge building, and skill development. As per the Global Gender Gap Report 2022 by World Economic Forum, Gender parity is not recovering and it will take another 132… Read More Skilling the Rural Women: An Imperative

In the year 2022, one of the biggest topics for discussions is that of climate change. Climate change has been adversely affecting our day to day activities and if we do not act on it sooner, it will be too late and the damage will be irreversible. According to an article ‘These are the climate… Read More Climate Actions POWER take

A country’s progress towards women’s economic empowerment can be defined by the way women of that country use their voice and fundamental rights to move up from limited power to having skills and resources that set them on the path of growth and development. A path that leads them to socio-economic empowerment, financial independence, enabling… Read More A Seismic Shift in Gender, Climate and Equity with Intent, Investment and Involvement

World Earth Day is upon us. But then, it is not just commemorative for one day in a calendar year. Thankfully, the world is discussing climate change, sustainability, and a green planet. The decade of sustainability is upon us. The 20s’ have been heralded as the decisive decade to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, laying the… Read More Increasing Economic Opportunities for Women through natural fibre-based livelihoods

The 6Y training program has created and built an agency for the women producers at Industree in their journey from survival to sustenance and rise to prosperity. 6Y-soft skills are intangible, interpersonal skills that orient  an individual in working with peers, and the professional management layer.  6Y training focuses on people and self-efficacy and looks… Read More Boosting the 6Y ‘Life Skills’

Industree is dedicated to the betterment of India’s Indigenous Population  Today, 9th August 2021 is the 17th International Day of World Indigenous Day  — dedicated to the indigenous people who are the inheritors and practitioners of unique culture and ways of relating to people and the environment. The United Nations General Assembly chose the date… Read More Industree is dedicated to the betterment of India’s Indigenous Population