Poonam Kathuria is the founder of SWATI (Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives)[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children, human rights and rural & agriculture from Ahmedabad.
SWATI (Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives)
SWATI is a feminist organisation founded in 1994 by Poonam Kathuria, working from Ahmedabad with field offices in Surendranagar district. It runs women-led Mahila Nyay Panchayats that mediate cases of violence from a feminist perspective, Swa-Bhoomi Kendras for women's land rights, and pioneering pilots that train ASHAs and the rural health system to identify and support domestic violence survivors — work that has informed hospital-based crisis responses beyond Gujarat.
SWATI (Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives) reports the following, on its own site:
- Mahila Nyay Panchayats, functional since 2002, have handled over 2,500 cases of violence and exploitation
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References
- [1] “Poonam Kathuria is founder and director of Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives - SWATI - an organisation working at the state and national levels in India on issues related to violence against women and adolescents, their health, and women's access and right to land and governance.” — SWATI (Society for Women's Action and Training Initiatives). Source
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