About Us

Nawal Foundation — Legal awareness & rights-based education

Who We Are

Nawal Foundation

Nawal Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to legal awareness, capacity building, and rights-based education for women and children. Since its inception, the Foundation has worked closely with communities, educational institutions, and civil society to promote dignity, safety, and equality.

Our Journey

15 Years of Impact

Over the past 15 years, Nawal Foundation has organized:

Legal Awareness Camps

Reaching communities with essential knowledge of their rights.

Workshops & Seminars

On women and child protection laws for institutions and groups.

Anganwadi Lectures

Community-based lectures at Anganwadi centres.

Academic Lectures

In schools and colleges to build future advocates.

What We Work On

Our Focus Areas

Our work is centred on strengthening rights, safety, and institutional accountability through specialised interventions for women, children, and organizations.

Women Rights

Building safer and more responsive workplaces for women.

POSH Act, 2013 – awareness, orientation & implementation
Workplace safety & gender sensitization programmes
Legal literacy sessions for women on rights & remedies

Child Rights

Ensuring safe, nurturing, and rights-based environments for children.

Awareness on child protection laws & procedures
Rights-based education for caregivers & institutions
Awareness programmes at Anganwadi centres & schools

Institutional Capacity Building

Helping institutions stay compliant, sensitive, and accountable.

Compliance-oriented trainings for POSH & other laws
Policy guidance, drafting & legal orientation
Sensitization of staff, teachers & administrators

Vision

A society where women and children live, learn, and work in environments free from discrimination, violence, and harassment.

Mission

To spread awareness of women and child protection laws
To strengthen institutional compliance with POSH laws
To build informed, sensitive, and legally compliant workplaces
To mentor and train future professionals through internships

Our Team

Leadership

The work of Nawal Foundation is guided by committed leadership with deep field experience and a strong academic grounding in women and child rights.

Dr. Arrpita Kapoor

Secretary, Nawal Foundation

About the Founder

Arpita is a legal scholar and social impact professional with a Ph.D. in Law, specializing in the critical area of sexual harassment of women at the workplace. With a strong academic foundation and extensive field experience, she has dedicated her work to advancing gender justice, child rights, and safe institutional environments.

She has worked intensively across domains of women's rights and child protection, leading grassroots interventions, awareness campaigns, and capacity-building initiatives. Through her leadership, numerous legal awareness camps, seminars, workshops, and lectures have been successfully conducted, reaching diverse stakeholders including students, educators, corporate professionals, and community members.

An expert in the implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) framework, Arpita actively supports organizations in achieving legal compliance while fostering respectful, inclusive, and safe workplaces. Her approach goes beyond compliance - focusing on behavioral change, institutional accountability, and sustainable workplace culture transformation.

She is known for combining legal expertise with practical insights, enabling organizations to build robust internal mechanisms, strengthen Internal Committees, and ensure effective redressal systems.

Through her work with Nawal Foundation, she continues to drive impactful initiatives that promote constitutional values, gender equity, and social responsibility, with a vision to create safer and more just spaces for all.

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