Apne Aap Women’s Collective (AAWC)

Strengthening organisations to impact Education

  • Founded as a Trust
  • Functioning since 1998

Apne Aap Women’s Collective (AAWC) was founded in 1998 to bring empowerment, education and opportunity to a very isolated and under-served section of society: women in brothel-based prostitution and their children. AAWC became an Atma Partner in January 2012.

AAWC is addressing the very complex world which keeps these women and their daughters trapped in a cycle of slavery. They run three unique programs in Mumbai’s red-light districts, all of which support the holistic education and development of women who are prostitutes and their daughters.

Atma is excited about working with such a detail-oriented organisation because AAWC is also building capacity and creating education at a very personal and individual level: in the lives of women and girls. Their mission of providing education, tools, resources and a supportive platform to women and girls falls directly in line with Atma’s vision of Quality Education.

Partnership focus 2012-2013

Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Goal: Creation of an automated Monitoring and Evaluation system that generates required reports  about AAWC programs and activities
  • Outcome: Strong understanding of organisation, program, and individual performance

Further reading:

AAWC website

AAWC blog