The EdelGive Foundation, which is an initiative of the Edelweiss Capital Limited, one of the leading financial services firms in India has announced the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2010 which recognizes and honours NGOs undertaking innovations to empower women in India. In 2008, the award was given out to organizations which implemented innovative projects for positively impacting girl children and the selected winners received INR 3,000,000 and runners up were awarded with INR 600,000 announced in the year 2009.
The award categories for the 2010 Social Innovation Honours are:
Health and Well Being
Awarding an innovation which promotes women’s health and over all wellbeing
Education
Awarding an innovation which provides women with access to education, and/or improves the quality of education available to women
Livelihoods
Awarding an innovation which helps women increase their income and/or provides them with employment opportunities
Social & Cultural Rights
Awarding an innovation which helps women overcome social and cultural challenges and barriers
Governance
Awarding an innovation which empowers women to participate in available legislative positions
The deadline to submit applications is 21 December 2009. For more information, visit this link or download this document.
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