SAWF IN

South Asia Women Foundation India (SAWF IN)

South Asia Women Foundation India (SAWF IN) is a national women’s fund in India. Our core purpose is to ensure a continuous and committed flow of resources, both financial and non-financial) to support initiatives led by and working towards advancing the rights of women and trans* persons discriminated against due to caste, class, ethnicity and other forms of marginalisation.

SAWF IN envisions a world where women, girls, and trans* persons realise their constitutional rights and freedoms to equality and non-discrimination. Therefore, we believe in advocating and influencing resource agencies and philanthropists (individuals, institutions, CSRs, and others) to commit long-term, continuous and evidence-based support towards initiatives facilitating transformation in gender norms, and practices and thereby affecting underlying power structures.

SAWF IN is part of the global sisterhood of women’s funds and feminist philanthropic movements.

(For SAWF IN, trans* refers to a wide range of gender identities. This umbrella term includes but is not restricted to agender, gender fluid and Gender non-binary identities.)

Our Reach

20000+

women and trans* persons.

11 States

we are currently operating in.

14 Districts

across India, some of which are remote and highly socially disadvantaged.

18 Partners

including pioneers, community led organizations and subject matter experts.

Our Programs

SAWF IN as the national women’s fund in India is mandated to mobilise resources by influencing diverse philanthropists to ensure committed and long term support to gender transformative change efforts led by women, gender non-conforming persons and trans* persons. We engage with our partners through our various efforts. Read More

Influencing Philanthropy

SAWF IN’s prime mandate is to partner with philanthropists and mobilise resources toward efforts advancing women’s and Trans people’s rights. We focus on working with philanthropic networks, donors and sister funds to advocate for a greater share of resources for women's rights work.

Convening Critical Spaces

SAWF IN promotes inclusive critical thinking and collaborative spaces for feminist agenda-setting which is necessary to understand the resource needs on the ground.

Grants and Fellowships

SAWF IN supports registered women and trans person led non-profit organizations through financial and non financial assistance for their work on efforts to eliminate violence against women and/or strengthening access to economic justice and resilience efforts.