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Dr. Ila Pathak

Founder

Founder of Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG)

Dr. Ila Pathak is the founder of Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG) (1981)[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children, human rights and mental health from Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG)

Founded in 1981 by professor and activist Ila Pathak, AWAG has spent four decades fighting violence against women in Gujarat — running counselling centres that have handled tens of thousands of cases, conducting landmark research on domestic violence, and training police, communities and adolescents across the state.

Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG) reports the following, on its own site:

  • 263,926 Beneficiaries Supported
  • 23,371 Counselling Cases Handled
  • 88 Projects Supported over 44 years