Paper Wings is a community owned company of women in Self Help Groups (SHGs) from villages in Haryana. It is an initiative from Action Center for Transformation (ACT) which aims to achieve sustainable livelihoods by providing skill training and employment to women artisans, largely in the recycling and upcycling of newspapers. Social and economic empowerment…

Catalyzing sustainable jobs and livelihood opportunities for rural women weavers in Karnataka. That was the joint aim Antrix Corporation Limited, Women on Wings and online social marketplace GoCoop, when they launched their program in 2017. Inputs from 160 artisans Measurable impact of sustainable and scalable livelihood opportunities was the red threat over the course of…

The Maharashtra State Innovation Society organizes the Maharashtra Startup Week in an effort to encourage, engage and enable the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Women on Wings’ business partner Tisser Rural Handicraft got selected one of 24 startups out of 1,600 applications. One-of-a-kind opportunity The Maharashtra Startup Week provides startups with a platform to showcase their innovative…

On a cold December morning six people from social enterprises Unnati and SBMA came all the way from Uttarkashi in the Himalayan mountains to the Women on Wings office in Gurgaon. They had come by bus for a three day-workshop on marketing communication and social media. No mountain high enough Usually the Women on Wings…