Swayam is a feminist organisation committed to advancing women’s rights and ending discrimination and violence against women and girls. On the one hand we facilitate the empowerment of women survivors of violence and enable them to become self-confident, self-sufficient and self-reliant. On the other, we generate discussion, debate and action in society to challenge social norms, values and systems that deem discrimination and violence against women and girls acceptable.
Swayam works with a 48 member team including 7 consultants and field staff working out of three Centres located in Deodar Street and Metiabruz in Kolkata and in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
Swayam was established and registered as a public charitable trust in Kolkata, India in 1995. Since then the organisation and the women it supports have grown from strength to strength and Swayam is now one of the leading organisations of its kind in India.