UMEED

“The journey to empowerment is not a solo endeavour, but a collective one.” Gauri Mahendra, CoFounder, UMEED

Let's shatter the invisible barriers that bind women's potential and forge a future where equality isn't just a dream, but a collective reality.

🔎Read our latest blog to explore the unseen forces holding us back and join the journey towards true empowerment.🔗 Click here now- https://umeedforwomen.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/empowering-women-is-not-enough-whats-holding-us-back/

Happy 79th Independence day! 🇮🇳

🪔A beautiful start to UMEED's 10 year anniversary! Thats Gauri and Udita, the incredible minds behind UMEED, sharing their journey of a decade filled with love, hope & courage.

Here's to many more years of empowering lives and making a difference! ♥️💫💜

The key aim of optimising philanthropy is to eradicate any action, which signifies an intent of domination and control including the manner in which it may be executed. The goal is to collaboratively make decisions where people feel included and heard. What this means in reality is that rather than an authority asserting that ‘This is how you need to do this!’, we must ask, ‘How can we do this better, together?’.

The end goal is to create a culture where the centres of influence are not concentrated, but intentionally broadened to cater to philanthropic decision making.

Having created this environment, we can confidently assume that the philanthropists and funders will work holistically with their grantees in service for the greater good of the communities.

For an organisation like UMEED which is at the frontlines of deep-rooted issues, like patriarchy, women’s rights, agency in women etc., it is vital for funders to contextually align as well as empathise on cultural realities, to get to create meaningful sustainable impact.

In implementing social impact programs at the grassroot level, UMEED currently faces outdated power dynamics right at the onset, whilst connecting with funders, building proposals, creating budgets, deciding timelines, defining the programs’ participants, and even in the process of aligning on impact indicators.

To read the full article by Gauri Mahendra , CoFounder UMEED, please click here> https://umeedforwomen.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/optimising-philanthropy-positive-intentionality-in-decision-making/

Optimising Philanthropy: Positive Intentionality in Decision Making The key aim of optimising philanthropy is to eradicate any action, which signifies anintent of domination and control including the manner in which it may be executed. The goal is to collaborativel…

American Spaces of The U.S. Consulate, India, Sri Lanka and Philippines organised a panel discussion featuring experts from the indo-pacific region to commemorate International Day of Girl Child.

The discussion emphasized the importance of girls' access to education and professional training opportunities to support women's inclusion as leaders in the formal economy.

Gauri Mahendra from UMEED contributed as panellist, highlighting barriers women face, role of governments and the urgency of professional training programs like FirstLeap in helping women transition from education to leadership roles.