Research and advocacy
We want to ensure that our work extends beyond the trained women and their communities. We are committed to influence change on the national level to make non-traditional livelihood options with dignity available to women of all walks of life. To achieve this, it is important we connect with other initiatives that bring women into non-traditional employments.
We also develop knowledge base through conducting research and documenting our work to build a case for addressing social concerns in livelihood training programmes.
How are we doing it?
We monitor the extent to which resource poor women benefit from existing women empowerment policies. Through continuous systematic research activities we build networks with other similar initiatives to form a collective voice to influence policy makers and donors to create a wider range of livelihood options for women.
We advocate for options that help break gender stereotypes and inequality and provide well-paid livelihoods with dignity. We continuously engage in dialogue with the Government of India to modify, amend or introduce new policies.
Azad Trainee year Books
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2022/23
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2021/22
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2020/21
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2019/20
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2017/18
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2016/17
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2015/16
- Year Book of Women on Wheels trainees in 2014/15
Policy papers
- Recommendations for National Policy for Women
- Claiming Spaces for Women in Public Transport – Advocacy Brief – March 2022
- Women On Wheels: Empowering Women Through an Innovative Training and Employment Programme, by Bipasha Baruah
- Case Study on Social Innovation and Gender Equality: Women on wheels, by Bipasha Baruah
Research and Conference Reports
- Azad COVID Relief Report – Sept 2020
- Report: Azad ASPBAE India Study
- Report: Gendered constraints in employment in public transport
- Study of urban resource poor young women, their aspirations and opportunities
- Asia Pacific Workshop on Gender, Education, Skills and Work report
- Directory of Organizations in NTL for women
- Exploring The Complex Interrelationship Between Gender Based Violence and Women’s Work, Study by Azad Foundation and Zubaan
- Making NTL Work for the Marginalised, International Conference Report
- Breaking New Ground: Quantitative Evaluation of the Women on Wheels Programme for Resource Poor Women, by Rahul Banerjee
Men for Gender Justice program
- Choice of Manhood (English Version)
- Partnership (English version)
- Violence Matters (English version)
- Choice of Manhood (Hindi Version)
- Partnership (Hindi Version)
- Violence Matters (Hindi Version)