All India Women's Education Fund Association

The All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA), established in 1929 under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership by Sarojini Naidu, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Aruna Asaf Ali, Lady Dorothy Irwin, promotes the formal education for women as the founder of the prestigious Home Science College, the Lady Irwin College, New Delhi.

In 1999 AIWEFA was granted ECOSOC status (a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations). In 2003 AIWEFA accepted the role of Regional Coordinator of the UN’s Informal Network of NGOs (UN NGO IRENE). (details on www.aiwefa.org).