The Women on Wings Annual Report and Accounts FY 2022-2023 is out! It writes about the impact Women on Wings has realized in 15 years, on social enterprises and state government institutions in India, on its Dutch volunteer experts and how 333,400 jobs for women in rural India have been co-created. In 2022, Women on…
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Ellen Tacoma will succeed Ronald van het Hof as joint managing director at Women on Wings
When Women on Wings was founded in 2007, co-founders Ellen Tacoma and Maria van der Heijden committed themselves to take families in rural India out of poverty through economic development. Their big goal was to co-create 1 million jobs for women in rural India. In the next years, they built a solid foundation to achieve…
Latest result Women on Wings: 333,400 jobs co-created for women in rural India
Women on Wings is happy to announce its latest achievement in co-creating impact for women in rural India. In FY 2022-2023, an additional 52,400 jobs were co-created in collaboration with business partners and the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) in India. This increase has resulted in the co-creation of 333,400 jobs for women in…
Shalom Ooty: empowering Toda women through handmade embroidery
Sheela Powell, founder of social enterprise Shalom Ooty, has a passion for Toda women and their unique Toda embroidery. This Women on Wings business partner chose the name ‘Shalom’ because it stands for peace in Jewish, which is exactly what Sheela wanted to provide oppressed Toda women through economic independence. The Toda and their unique…
