Action India won the Ashoka Changemakers’ collaborative competition, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This award recognizes our Women, Law and Social Change Program, which aims to bring an end to violence against women. As the only Indian organisation to be chosen as a finalist, we are especially proud of our achievement. None of this would have been possible without the women of the Mahila Panchayats and the organisations with which we partner to make the Mahila Panchayat network a success.
Action India’s Vidya Thapa bags the 2007 Exemplar Awardee for Health.
Vidya Thapa, a health worker for Action India, was awarded the Exemplar Award for Health by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Bharti Foundation. Vidya has worked for AI for twenty-three years, serving underprivileged women in the resettlement colony of New Seemapuri, Delhi. The award recognizes Vidya’s resolve and skills to serve the crucial health needs of this community. Vidya is trained in holistic health, through a feminist perspective, emphasising gender equality and self-esteem at an individual and collective level.
Action India was honoured by the Chief Minister and awarded the best new NGO from the GRC-SSSK selected in 2008 by the Delhi government.
Ms. Sushila, Senior Paralegal in Action India achieved the Outstanding Women award on 21st March, 2013 by the National Commission for Women.
Action India’s Menstrual Hygiene and Management (MHM) Initiative came to be part of a global award-winning Short Documentary called “Period. End of Sentence”. This documentary has won the 91st Academy Award under the Best Short Documentary category. Period: End of Sentence is based on our sanitary pad unit in Kathikheda, Hapur village (in the outskirts of Delhi), where women lead a quiet revolution as they fight against the stigma of menstruation.