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Initiatives of CII for Women Empowerment

CII Task Force on Safety & Security of Women Chaired by Mr Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications

A tool kit on Gender Sensitivity

Handbook on “Sexual harassment at workplace – Preventive and Remedial Measures

CII Women Exemplar Award

Organisations benchmarked…

The Council of Women World Leaders-Washington, DC

Federation Of Asia-Pacific Women's Associations- Washington, DC

Soroptimist International, Cambridge, UK

Women Achievers Association, Lithia Springs, GA,

National Commission for Women -India

Akshara- India

Steering Committee Members : 2012

Rani Muralidharan Suchitra K Ella

Sushila Ravindranath Thangam Meganathan

The Survey - Key inputs

Promote work from home option Creche facility in organisations for the safety and security of the

children. Work Life Balance & Conflict handling Awareness on Domestic Violence Gender sensitivity and dealing with Male subordinates and peer Role switching Second Career Technical and software Skills development, teamwork Career Counseling. Orienting the employees to Business Scenario Entrepreneurship Development, Technical / Professional Skill

Development

CII Member industries

Training academies

Entrepreneurship cells

Financial Institutions

Angel Investors

Venture Capitalists

Career Women- Professionals, Entrepreneurs

Women at the Base of the Pyramid

IWN Members

Faculty , Consultants

Academic Institutions

Government Agencies

Industry Associations

NGOs

Graduating Students

Stakeholders

Objectives

Deliverables

Coaching & Mentoring Networking Policy Advocacy Support Services Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation Counseling Training Voluntary activities like mentoring students and social

projects

IWN Launch

IWN – An Unique Organisation by CII was launched on

23rd January 2013 in Chennai.

An Update on : IWN

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STATES- 5• Andhra Pradesh• Karnataka• Kerala• Puducherry•Tamil Nadu

ZONES- 6• Coimbatore• Madurai• Trichy•Trivandrum• Vijayawada• Vishakapatnam

CATEGORY STATE

AP KAR Kerala TN Puducherry Total

Corporate200 116 93 120 37 566

Professional11 14 27 22 13 87

Institutional73 0 2 65 23 163

Students124 4 5 37 5 175

TOTAL408 134 127 244 78 991

MEMBERSHIP 2013

IWN MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH

Activity Update & Impact

No. of Activities since January’13 - June ‘14 - 89

No. of People Impacted through various activities at the

Regional level from January’13 - June‘14 -7240

Road Shows & Launch

Health & Wellbeing

Policy & Services

Leadership &

Development

32 31 11 15

IWN - Southern Region

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Suchitra EllaChairwoman

IWN Southern Region

Dr Nandini Rangaswamy

Deputy Chairwoman IWN Southern Region

IWN - Southern RegionRegional & State Chairwomen : 2013

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Andhra Pradesh

Ms Saroja VivekanandaChairwoman

Kerala

Ms Shereen NavasChairwoman

Pondicherry

Anuradha SriramChairwoman

Tamil Nadu

Uma Kannan (Dr)Chairwoman

IWN - Southern RegionZonal Convenors : 2013

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Vishakapattinam

Neelima Challagulla

Coimbatore

Malarvizhi S

Madurai

Mridula Ramesh

Vijayawada 

Trichy

Mala Balasubramaniam

Dr Lalitha RaniConvenor

Rajini ChitraCo-Convenor

IWN Task Forces : ConvenorsLearning & Development

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Puducherry

Nalini Ranganathan

Andhra Pradesh

Yet to be decided

Karnataka

Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Tamil Nadu 

Rajani Seshadri

Kerala

Aiswarya Prince

IWN Task Forces : ConvenorsWell Being

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Puducherry

Sonali Sarkar (Dr)

Andhra Pradesh

Savitha Date Menon (Dr)

Karnataka

R Premlatha (Dr)

Tamil Nadu 

Srinidhi Chidambaram (Dr)

Kerala

Reena Sabin

IWN Task Forces : ConvenorsPolicy & Services

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Puducherry

Nalini Kamra

Andhra Pradesh

Lakshmi Lingam (Dr)

Karnataka

Kalpana Margabhandu

Tamil Nadu 

Hemalatha Rajan

Kerala

Minu Mathew

IWN - Special Invitees

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Sushila Ravindranath

Gayathri Sriram Gita Maini

Thangam Meganathan (Dr)

Rani Muralidharan

IWN – Handbooks & Surveys

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Handbook on legal Rights & Acts for Women, Mr Avadhani, Director,

A.P. Judicial Academy, Andhra Pradesh

Handbook on Wellbeing, Andhra Pradesh

Survey on Women workforce in Industries, Puducherry

Gender Assessment Survey, Andhra Pradesh

Corporate Gender Gap Study, Kerala