Working Women's Forum

The Working Women's Forum (WWF) is a women's organisation in southern India. It was founded in 1978 by Jaya Arunachalam in Madras (Chennai). The WWF aims to empower poor women in southern India by providing microcredits, a trade union, health care and training. It works with the poor women working in the informal sector, such as street vendors, silkworm growers and silk weavers, handicraft producers, washerwomen and fisherwomen.[1][2][3][4][5]

There are two organisations closely related to the WWF:[6]

References

  1. ^ Haviland, Charles (23 August 2002). "Empowering the women of Madras". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2212246.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  2. ^ Boustany, Nora (6 May 2005). "A Lifelong Champion Of India's Poorest Women". The Washington Post: p. A20. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41484-2005May6.html. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  3. ^ Venkatesan, D. (5 June 2005). "Fight against poverty". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/06/05/stories/2005060500220400.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  4. ^ Ekins, Paul (1992). A new world order: grassroots movements for global change. Routledge. pp. 118–122. ISBN 0415071151. http://books.google.com/books?id=qwtULXLEsiUC&pg=PA118. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  5. ^ Haynes, Jeffrey (2002). Politics in the developing world: a concise introduction (2 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0631225560. http://books.google.com/books?id=wJeqIsUmD9gC&pg=PA202. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  6. ^ "Mission & Profile". WWF Website. http://www.workingwomensforum.org/wwf_mission.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 

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