22/06/2026
Project RISE (Rights, Inclusion & Social Empowerment for Fisherwomen), supported by the Azim Premji Foundation, is a project that we are incredibly proud of! 🐟🎣🚺
We are currently operating across 36 fishing villages in the Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. This intervention is dedicated to reducing social and economic exclusion among vulnerable fisherwomen by facilitating direct access to vital government social protection schemes. As a result, 2,920 individuals have been successfully registered for health insurance, ration cards, PAN and more. Now, we focus on fostering female leadership, with 1000+ fisherwomen mobilizing into an independent collective to advocate for their rights in areas where women-only associations did not previously exist.
Well done RISE team! 👏👏👏
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