The Centre for Social Research thanks its partners for supporting our work for women’s empowerment and ending discrimination.  None of our achievements this year would be possible without this commitment.  We’ve covered these activities throughout the annual report, but we’d like to take a special moment here to say thank you and to highlight these important partnerships.

Dutch Embassy Delhi

Through a major two-year grant, the embassy is supporting CSR’s fight again Pre-Natal Sex-Selection in Haryana in conjunction with the government’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao program.

German Embassy, New Delhi

The German Embassy has supported CSR in its COVID recovery program in Delhi and Haryana, which is providing support for victims of domestic violence, capacity building for communities and healthcare workers, hygiene resources, and advocacy for investment in women’s health.

RITES

RITES is supporting CSR’s water conservation program in Sanganer, Rajasthan, which builds women’s leadership capacity along with local water conservation infrastructure.

Honda India Foundation

In 2020, the Honda India Foundation has supported women’s leadership in water conservation in Alwar, Rajasthan, building women’s leadership capacity and creating community infrastructure.

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI)

Through the CFLI, the Canadian High Commission is supporting CSR’s COVID recovery program in Delhi, which is providing support for victims of domestic violence, capacity building for communities and healthcare workers, hygiene resources, and advocacy for investment in women’s health. We welcome the Canadian High Commission as a new funding partner.

Hanns Seidel Foundation

This year, HSS and CSR advanced a long-term partnership on women’s leadership for Water Conservation and Climate Change in Rural Rajasthan by advocacy with government and hosting a state and national dialogue on mainstreaming gender in water conservation policy and programming.

Australian High Commission

The Australian High Commission continued its support for CSR’s Sports for Girls’ Empowerment program, which has enrolled 850 in school sports programs in Haryana, provided mentorship and nutritional support, and hosted a range of competitions to highlight girls’ athletic achievements.

Facebook

CSR has worked with Facebook since 2016 to train students in online safety. In 2020, piloted and launched Facebook’s We Think Digital training program for students in India. This program has trained 18,000 students in digital safety and citizenship practices.

Twitter

Twitter and CSR are partnering on a 2021 program to build young women’s engagement on social media, support them in practicing digital safety, and engage with regional influences on Twitter.