Women's Participation in Formal Workforce is imperative to realizing India's ambition of Viksit Bharat
157 million employable women are outside the workforce despite women outpacing men in educational enrollment.
Levers of Change
80% of women decline jobs due to housing and mobility barriers.
Safe housing, childcare, transport, and workplace safety are what make work possible for women. We work with central and state governments to build these systems, ensuring that they are data-backed for informed decision-making.
8 high-growth sectors have the potential to add 2.1 million women to India's workforce by 2030
The Udaiti Foundation helps unlock this opportunity by tackling the demand-supply mismatch across both blue and white collar sectors, connecting employable women to quality jobs at scale.
100,000 women-led enterprises could generate more than 1 million jobs across India
We help unlock this potential by strengthening women entrepreneurs’ access to capital, markets, and skill development opportunities.
80% of women decline jobs due to housing and mobility barriers.
Safe housing, childcare, transport, and workplace safety are what make work possible for women. We work with central and state governments to build these systems, ensuring that they are data-backed for informed decision-making.
8 high-growth sectors have the potential to add 2.1 million women to India's workforce by 2030
The Udaiti Foundation helps unlock this opportunity by tackling the demand-supply mismatch across both blue and white collar sectors, connecting employable women to quality jobs at scale.
100,000 women-led enterprises could generate more than 1 million jobs across India
We help unlock this potential by strengthening women entrepreneurs’ access to capital, markets, and skill development opportunities.
The Udaiti Foundation partners with governments, industry, and civil society to accelerate women's access to quality jobs, scale women-led enterprises, and enable infrastructre that supports women's safety, mobility and housing.
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Young Women
Mobilised through NavDisha, our flagship skilling-to-employment program, in partnership with the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Now scaled to 75 districts.
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Women Entrepreneurs
Gained improved access to formal credit through HerUdyam, our program bridging last-mile gap in credit access.
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Rise in Women Bus Conductors
Improved women's representation in public transport by supporting the Government of Uttar Pradesh through Gender Action Plans.
Partnering With Key Players in the Ecosystem
We work across three interconnected pillars to advance women-led Inclusive Economic Growth
Expanding women's access to quality employment by partnering with employers and ecosystem leaders to build inclusive workplaces, strengthen leadership pathways, and drive evidence-based solutions across sectors.
Explore More →Enabling women-led enterprises to grow, scale, and create jobs through evidence-driven approaches, ecosystem partnerships, and scalable models for entrepreneurship.
Explore More →Advancing childcare, mobility, safety and other critical enablers to foster inclusive economic growth with women.
Explore More →Expanding women's access to quality employment by partnering with employers and ecosystem leaders to build inclusive workplaces, strengthen leadership pathways, and drive evidence-based solutions across sectors.
Explore More →We work across three interconnected pillars to advance women-led Inclusive Economic Growth
Expanding women's access to quality employment by partnering with employers and ecosystem leaders to build inclusive workplaces, strengthen leadership pathways, and drive evidence-based solutions across sectors.
Explore More →Enabling women-led enterprises to grow, scale, and create jobs through evidence-driven approaches, ecosystem partnerships, and scalable models for entrepreneurship.
Explore More →Advancing childcare, mobility, safety and other critical enablers to foster inclusive economic growth with women.
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