Our Empowerment Agenda

Women's Empowerment

Helping Women Shape Their Own Future

RYTHM Foundation’s women’s empowerment initiatives focus on helping women and girls recognise their own strength — through education, skill-building, and opportunities to lead and earn.

These efforts are part of our wider push to uplift marginalised groups, especially in communities where women’s roles are limited by poverty, tradition, or lack of access.

We believe real empowerment starts when women have the tools to shape their own lives — not through charity, but through dignity, choice, and support.

Maharani Programme

Educate a Girl, Change the World

Throughout history, the central role of women in society has ensured the stability, progress and long-term development of nations. It is important for us to ensure that our girls are empowered to grow into conﬁdent, strong young women who become a formidable force for good.

Since its inception in 2010, the award-winning Maharani Programme has helped over 8,000 teenage girls from poor and underserved communities in Malaysia to navigate the challenges and vulnerabilities of adolescence through its various facets. Through the programme, the girls learn about gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, ethnicity and culture, and the importance of physical and spiritual wellness, giving them the tools to fulfill their potential.

Women's Empowerment Initiatives

Our Women’s Empowerment Initiatives

Safer Cities and Communities for Girls with Plan International

Empowering girls and other youth in the Gautampuri area of Southern Delhi to engage relevant parties and decision-makers to make their city and communities safe, inclusive, and accountable.

Building Livelihood Potential for Rural Girls with Mann Deshi Foundation

A youth and women’s development programme training girls from rural Maharashtra to achieve financial independence and secure jobs in the civil service and sports-related professions.

Capacity Building for Girls and Women in Thailand with ASA Foundation

Promoting community-driven livelihood interventions that train women and girls in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, decision-making, and leadership through sports in education to drive social change in underserved communities.

Economic Empowerment of Women Through Microenterprises with Parinaama

Aiding marginalised communities in the eastern Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha through grassroots development initiatives that empower women to improve their standard of living.

Entrepreneurial Skills to End Poverty in Sri Lanka with Sarvodaya

Empowering economically challenged women in Jaffna and Kilinochchi with entrepreneurial, leadership & small business management skills as well as skill building courses to enable them to overcome poverty & build sustainable livelihoods.

Empowering Villagers Through the Women in Small Enterprises Scheme (WISE)

Equipping rural women in three Sabah villages with fundamental entrepreneurial skills to better manage and improve their micro-enterprises in cultivating and marketing crops and sundry shop operations.

Women’s Empowerment