The All India Women's Conference (AIWC) is an organization dedicated to uplifting and bettering women and children in India. It was founded in 1927 and registered in 1930. It has branches across India that run literacy programs, health clinics, family planning services, and more. The AIWC conducts various activities and programs focused on literacy and education, health and family welfare, and socio-economic development for women.
5. • All India Women’s Conference
(AIWC) was founded in 1927 and
registered in 1930 under the
Societies Registration Act XXI of
1850.
• It is an organization dedicated to
the upliftment and betterment of
women and children.
6. • Is the only Voluntary Health
Agency organized for the welfare
of the women in the country.
• It was established in 1926.
7. • It has its branches all over the
country.
• The organization runs MCH
clinics, adult education center to
improve female literacy, milk
centers and family planning
clinics.
8. ACTIVITIES
• 1. LITERACY AND EDUCATION.
• 2. HEALTH, FAMILY WELFARE
AND POPULATION.
• 3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROGRAMMES
9. LITERACY & EDUCATION
Skill based literacy programmes
for women are conducted in
remote areas as well as urban
slums, with a view to empower
them economically
12. • The AIWC VOCATIONAL
INSTITUTE ,registered with
National Institute Open
Schooling (NIOS ), offers
Certificate courses along with
AIWC in the fields of computer
technology, beauty culture,
textile block printing, cutting and
tailoring and Ayurveda.
13. • This enables in the process
school dropouts and other under
privileged children to return to
mainstream education.
16. • AIWC with its mission of working
for the general progress and
welfare of women.
• Provides community health
services through Mobile Health
Vans reaching areas where there
are negligible facilities for health
care
17.
18. • Provides special care to
expectant and nursing mothers,
and children.
• Educates women about health,
nutrition, sanitation, hygiene
and family welfare.
19. • Organizes sensitization
programmes, (identifying
alternate vocations if necessary)
to safeguard health of rural
working women (eg. beedi
workers).
20. • Actively supports the cause of
leprosy patients by providing day
care centres for their children.
• Organizes Anemia camps to
detect, treat and follow up
action.
22. • Capacity building and skill
development programmes are
conducted regularly, and
successful trainees are provided
financial support for
entrepreneurial endeavours
23. • Vocational Training is provided
to women in dairy farming, food
processing, solar drying of farm
products, and home based
ventures with locally available
raw materials.
27. NON CONVENTIONAL AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY
• Training and awareness
programmes on energy
conservation and energy
efficiency are conducted.
28. • Programmes for poverty
alleviation through solar
appliances are also conducted.
29. RURAL SANITATION, WATER
AND WASTE MANAGEMMENT
• Capacity building programmes
on water, waste management,
sanitation, vermi-compost are
conducted, Promotes herbal
gardens and planting of trees
32. • Creches.
• Day care centres for street children.
• Family counseling centres.
• 24 hour helpline, mobile helpline
etc.
33. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
• Disaster preparedness
programmes are conducted
with the help of National
Institute of Disaster
Management to provide
training to members.
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35. CONSUMER AWARENESS
• Consumer Awareness
Programmes are conducted
for consumer rights,
consumer laws, consumer
protection, etc.