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Grants
9
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Total Awarded
$2,220,000
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Years
1990 - 2014
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Categories
Grants
Mahila SEWA Trust (SEWA) will implement and evaluate a young people’s sexual and reproductive health project in urban and rural areas in the state of Gujarat. The project aims to increase young people’s information about sexual and reproductive health and improve their access to services. The grant will also build the capacity of young people in the intervention areas to establish youth groups to mobilize demand for and secure access to reproductive and sexual health services. SEWA will partner with the Indian Institute for Public Health, Gandhinagar for an evaluation of the intervention.
To develop and demonstrate a young people's sexual and reproductive health program in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat (over three years).
To scale up maternal health and community health insurance programs to reduce maternal mortality in India.
To scale up health insurance to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in Gujarat and nationally (over three years).
For a program to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity among self-employed women in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat (over three years).
To support activities related to the Fourth World Conference on Women.
To support activities related to the NGO conference held in conjunction with the Fourth World Conference on Women.
To support leadership development, training of traditional birth attendants, and video production (over three years).
To support training programs in health, economics, and basic management skills for members, who work in the informal sector of the economy and include street vendors, cart pullers, and landless laborers.