Coffee Table Book WTI 2021 - Book - Page 75
Promoting Sustainable
Development, Empowering
Women’s Collectives
Prema Gopalan founded Swayam Shikshan Prayog to empower grassroots
women’s networks & communities across Maharashtra, Kerala, Bihar
and Odisha states. Her work has empowered 300,000+ rural women as
entrepreneurs and change makers. They are building resilient communities
across 7 climate hit States in India, positively impacting over six million people.
Under her guidance, over 150,000 rural women have been repositioned as
climate adaptive farmers who are also decision makers with land rights and
incomes.
Fulfilling its mission since 1998,
Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)
is transforming grassroots women from
beneficiaries to decision makers.
Prema Gopalan
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Pune, Maharashtra
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