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About Us
History
Our story starts from the year 2010...
BACKGROUND
Over the last many decades women have come forward and have staked claim over their rights. However, factors like religion, caste, class, and ethnicity continue to play a determining role in enhancing the status of women. Hence we see a large section of women especially of the minority community, still struggling to live a dignified life.
VISION
The Ashana Trust while it envisions a society where all women irrespective of her situation in society is free from fear and want, it specifically wants to focus on creating an enabling environment for Muslim women, where she is able to exercise her rights as ensured in the constitution of the country as well as strive for equal rights and justice within the community.
MISSION
The mission of Ashana Trust is to enable the social, economic, educational, legal and political empowerment of Muslim women. To also advocate for policy changes on issues concerning Muslim women, specifically related to Muslim family law, entitlements and various state initiatives. The strategy to achieve the said objectives is training, capacity building, leadership development, campaigning and advocacy initiatives.
Objectives
- To Work for Social, Economic, Educational, Legal & Political Empowerment of Muslim Women.
- To Advocate for Policy Changes on Issues Concerning Muslim Women
Activities
- Conducting Awareness Programmes about their Constitutional Rights
- Conducting Programmes for their leadership development
- Providing Legal Aid to all Women along with information about their Legal Rights
- Enabling Women Leaders to Access Government Schemes & Programmes
- Monitoring State Apparatus Like Ration Shops, Health Clinics, Schools & Other Civic Amenities
- Creating an Empowered Based of Muslim Women Which Fights Patriarchy Wherever It Exists
- Vocational Coaching Centers to Help Women Become Financially Independent
- Conducting Awareness Programmes on Mental Health with Women, Youth & Children
Impact So Far
Ashana Trust has been administratively supporting the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan [BMMA] and the achievement of BMMA are as follows
- Successfully got the triple divorce law passed through a 12 year campaign
- Got Supreme Court judgment for entry of women in Haji Ali dargah
- Trained 15 women to become qazis
- Trained thousands of Muslim on their legal rights
- Trained Muslim women to lead from the front on all socio-economic-legal issues
- Created Sehr, Udaan Groups to enable Muslim youth to be self confident
Future Thrust
- Continue to advocate for policy changes in the legal rights of Muslim women
- Reach out to the vast population of Muslim youth for enabling their leadership
- Continue rights awareness programmes with Muslim women, enabling their leadership
