Chennai, 27th July 2019: Women Power international Foundation, a NGO which won the championship Award in World Summit on Information Society (WSIS 2019) which is a UN forum which recognizes sustainable projects worldwide was inaugurated by Thiru B.V.Ramana, Ex Minister, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Mrs.Maryam Abdul Qadir, Secretary, 4M Trust and Dr.Subramanayam Sharma, CMD, Sudeshka Group, Bangalore offered their guest of honor address. Dr. Ravichandran Krishnamoorthy, Founder, Women Power international Foundation offered the welcome address and explained the women power.
Women Power will be a brand which will be exclusively selling women made products through a unique E-commerce platform. The women entrepreneurs developed by a NGO can become a member in this platform and display their products and sell their products directly to the customer.
Rural women are key agents for development. They play a catalytic role towards achievement of transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. But limited access to credit, health care and education are among the many challenges they face. These are further aggravated by the global food and economic crisis and climate change. Empowering them is essential, not only for the well-being of individuals, families and rural communities, but also for overall economic productivity, given women’s large presence in the agricultural workforce worldwide.
Also Women Power understands the importance of entrepreneur education among university students and has proposed to develop Business Incubator Centers which organizes various production/assembling exercises in colleges. These exercises calls for triggering the innovative skills with the university students and brings out quality products in to the market. The university professors acts a catalyst to bring out the innate talents of the students.
Business Incubator Centers in Colleges/ Universities
Women Power International Foundation collaborates with colleges/Universities to promote Business Incubator Centers. This Incubator Centers will convert the experiential learning programs into real entrepreneurs. Women Power will organize various training programs which enables the students on various entrepreneurship development programs.
Activities Planned in Colleges – Assembly of Desktops, Mobile Servicing Course, Craftsmen Courses, IOT innovators & Assembly / Training of Electrical and Electronic Products.
Women Power International Foundation prepares the kids to be self-employable and to bring out their inert talents by way or organizing various Experiential Learning Programs in schools from the standard 6 to 12. These Programs will lead the students to feel the innovations and will also try doing the activities in higher secondary schools.
Activities Planned in Schools – Brainstorm Bins, Solution Box, Share Tank, Genious Hour, Ted-Ed Club, Innovative Recyclers & Robotic Designers
Mrs. Alphina Jos, Director of Women Power International Foundation offered the closing remarks and stress the important role of corporates in women power development.
WOMEN POWER – Empowering Women
While women, especially in the rural areas, are enthusiastic to convert their skills into tangible items like arts and crafts, handicrafts, everyday consumables, healthcare, etc, they do not have direct access to customers. This need is what Women Power will fulfill. Women Power will develop entrepreneurs, through NGOs and will be a brand which will exclusively sell these women-made products.
The brain child of this is Dr.Ravichandran, Professor in New York Institute of Technology at Abu Dhabi. An astute and result oriented professional with 22 years of extensive experience in operations, business development, academics and institution building. He has received many awards, the most recent one being Championship Award from WSIS 2019 an UN forum for developing Arpuda App – a sustainable educational model.
Mrs Alphina Jos, CEO of BWDA Finance Ltd, a micro finance institutions based in TN, is also a director in Women Power. She has won many awards, including Mother Theresa women entrepreneurship awards.
Mrs Vaidehi Ravichandran, a dedicated homemaker and pioneer in training homemakers on handicrafts and cooking menus, is the Resident Director of Women Power. She has received the Championship Award from WSIS 2019, a UN forum for developing women power – a sustainable Rural Development model.
