Our mission is to offer people in need the independence of employment and training in an industry that is familiar to the local community. This is not charity, but social enterprise. We are dedicated to empowering poor women – ours is a business run by women for women – and from this whole families will benefit.
In India, HIV/AIDS-affected women and girls carry an additional burden of social isolation, loss of income and restricted access to education, over and above their already unequal position in Indian society. For this reason we began with the objective of particularly employing women in this situation, but there have been barriers to this (read about them in the Blog) and for now we are building the business with this focus among our goals for the future. 
Our Indian company offers the dignity of employment and fair pay, and all of its profits are dedicated to growing its capacity to employ, train and support the families of the women it has been established to assist.
In the North Indian city of Lucknow we have an office and workshop, where our small team does the manufacturing. Embroidery is done by women’s cooperatives, where the women themselves are in control of their labour. Design and management are done from Australia, which is the reason for our flexibility in meeting our customers’ needs.
The links below offer more information on those of us involved with Zenana Women.
Read the story of how we began
Neesha is a micro-finance entrepreneur, one of the craftswomen who provide embroidery for our designs. Read more about her.
