• Every rupee invested in women and girls compounds

    It's returns reach generations.

  • the progress we see is real

    The impact is measurable.

  • What will IT take to advance this progress further?

    The question isn’t only how much more capital we deploy. It is whether the way we deploy capital matches the kind of change we are trying to create.

  • An invitation for philanthropy to reimagine how we are

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An exploration of what investing in women and girls looks like, through the lens of philanthropy and civil society action

A generation of change for women and girls

A generation of change for women and girls

The progress reflects in everyday lives.

meet laxmi*

meet laxmi*

Married off at sixteen, following the norms, just like her mother before her. No one asked what she wanted.

Married off at sixteen, following the norms, just like her mother before her. No one asked what she wanted.

*Laxmi and Ayesha are composite illustrative personas developed from recurring themes identified in the research and do not represent any actual individuals.

Laxmi’s daughter

Laxmi’s daughter

Laxmi’s daughter

AYESHA, 17

AYESHA, 17

AYESHA, 17

First girl in her family to complete schooling, now preparing for medical entrance exams.

She is also helping her mother turn a tailoring stall into an online shop.

First girl in her family to complete schooling, now preparing for medical entrance exams.

She is also helping her mother turn a tailoring stall into an online shop.

This leap in possibilities for young girls reflects a broader reality. Over the past three decades, India has made remarkable progress for women and girls.
This leap in possibilities for young girls reflects a broader reality. Over the past three decades, India has made remarkable progress for women and girls.
This leap in possibilities for young girls reflects a broader reality. Over the past three decades, India has made remarkable progress for women and girls.

A shared effort To build and sustain progress

A shared effort To build and sustain progress

Every open door reflects hard-won progress for women and girls.

Hover on the doors find out

Hover on the doors find out

From

setting the foundation

setting the foundation

setting the foundation

Decades of public investment expanded access to essential services and opportunities, laying the foundation for progress in the lives of millions of women and girls.

to delivering

last-mile impact

last-mile impact

last-mile impact

Civil society and philanthropy complemented public investments by strengthening livelihoods, expanding financial access, and supporting change at the community level.

But the story doesn't end here. Nor do the challenges. While India has made remarkable strides in expanding women's access to education, health, finance, and livelihoods, the next frontier lies beyond access.
But the story doesn't end here. Nor do the challenges. While India has made remarkable strides in expanding women's access to education, health, finance, and livelihoods, the next frontier lies beyond access.
But the story doesn't end here. Nor do the challenges. While India has made remarkable strides in expanding women's access to education, health, finance, and livelihoods, the next frontier lies beyond access.
India's progress story is increasingly shifting from one of access to one of agency.
India's progress story is increasingly shifting from one of access to one of agency.
India's progress story is increasingly shifting from one of access to one of agency.

Yet women's leadership, representation, and decision-making power remain areas where progress has been slower, contributing to India's ranking of 131 out of 145 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index.

The decline is driven largely by women's retreat from decision-making spaces. Women's agency, leadership and representation are where the next set of gains need to be made.
The decline is driven largely by women's retreat from decision-making spaces. Women's agency, leadership and representation are where the next set of gains need to be made.
The decline is driven largely by women's retreat from decision-making spaces. Women's agency, leadership and representation are where the next set of gains need to be made.
An ecosystem of nonprofit institutions is working to accelerate progress on these dimensions, some operating nationally, others rooted in a single district or village.
An ecosystem of nonprofit institutions is working to accelerate progress on these dimensions, some operating nationally, others rooted in a single district or village.
An ecosystem of nonprofit institutions is working to accelerate progress on these dimensions, some operating nationally, others rooted in a single district or village.
For philanthropy, these institutions are the bridge between capital and impact on the ground.
For philanthropy, these institutions are the bridge between capital and impact on the ground.
For philanthropy, these institutions are the bridge between capital and impact on the ground.
But that bridge is under strain, raising an important question: Are we deploying capital that matches the kind of change we are trying to create?
But that bridge is under strain, raising an important question: Are we deploying capital that matches the kind of change we are trying to create?
But that bridge is under strain, raising an important question: Are we deploying capital that matches the kind of change we are trying to create?

A closer look at what powers this ecosystem

A closer look at what powers this ecosystem

Progress for women and girls is a function of multiple forces working together, including policy decisions, non-profit leadership, on-ground implementation, community action and philanthropic support.

This study deliberately focuses on one part of the larger picture - philanthropic support.

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

Which organizations receive funding?

Which organizations struggle to access it?

What influences funder decisions?

Where are resources concentrated?

Where do critical gaps remain?

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voices from the field

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