Ritu Kaur, Author at Direct Action for Women Now

DAWN Worldwide 2024 Mid-Year Report

At DAWN Worldwide, we believe ending gender-based violence will require systems change at the deepest level. Our strategies include engaging local leaders in marginalized communities, supporting gender sensitization programs, engaging with men and boys for a shift in attitudes towards...

Geeta Aiyer to be Honored as AAPI Champion

BOSTON–The Asian Community Fund (ACF) at the Boston Foundation will honor Geeta Aiyer as AAPI Champion at it gala on Oct. 3, 2024 in Boston. The Asian Community Fund is the first and only philanthropic fund in Massachusetts dedicated to galvanizing, convening, and supporting the Asian American and...

TiE Boston Elects Bank of America Executive Anu Chitrapu as its 12th President

BOSTON—TiE Boston, one of the region’s largest and oldest organizations supporting the Massachusetts entrepreneurial ecosystem, on Friday elected senior Bank of America executive Anu Chitrapu as its 12 President for a two-year term. Read the full article here.

YW BOSTON Awards Geeta Aiyer

(Excerpt of an article on Geeta Aiyer Published in YW Boston) Meet Geeta Aiyer, 2020 Academy of Women Achievers Awardee On October 29, 2020 we will join together and celebrate the achievements of five unstoppable women who demonstrate YW Boston’s...

DAWN Worldwide highlights the rise in GBV in the COVID – 19 Pandemic

Pandemics, economic instability, uncertainty, unrest are all risk factors for an increase in violence against women and children. The strategies to counter the exacerbated crisis needs a gender lens response, lessons learned from previous crisis, and most importantly appropriate and...

In Conversation with Ritu Kaur

Nirmala Garimella 05/08/2018 Ritu Kaur is committed to and has worked on Gender Based/Human rights issues since the 1990’s. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Policy from...

DAWN Worldwide Holds First Diwali Gala

DAWN Worldwide, the Boston-based charity founded to tackle gender-based violence, held its first Diwali gala and fund-raiser on Saturday, November 4th. DAWN (Direct Action for Women Now) Worldwide was co-founded in early 2013 by Geeta Aiyer, the founder of Boston...