About us

Sikh Women’s Alliance was originally founded by Sikh Study Forum who sponsored its first Conference on 7th April 2002 in partnership with University of East London. The Sikh Women’s Alliance was set up in October 2003 as a non-religious, non-political group to empower, inspire and inform Sikh women to join the mainstream of UK society. It has a database of 1,000 women with 200 women on e-mail database and an active participation by women in Events and Conferences.

Sikh Women’s Alliances’ aims and objectives are to:

1. Enjoy and Achieve

To overcome social exclusion and develop a sense of pride and achievement for Sikh women of all
ages

To promote empowering of Sikh women through capacity building

To enhance access to education, work skills and employment

To provide " creative and cultural" experiences to develop and promote Sikh values

2. Make a positive contribution

To network and provide support and guidance for socially and economically disadvantaged Sikh
women

To instil a sense of responsibility to make a full use of competencies and capabilities and engage with society

3. Personal development and well being

To encourage participation in a range of activities to enhance physical well being

To provide a range of opportunities to broaden outlook and emotional well being

To undertake research and review strategies and way forward for improving their health and safety

4. Achieve Economical and Social well being

To challenge barriers to the lawful rights of Sikh women to achieve equality and justice

To provide forum for women to engage in dialogue to discuss challenges and issues facing them

To build partnership and links with the wider society organisations to have full access to community and social services

5. Leadership and management

To secure resources and funds to...

To fulfil the above objectives in an apolitical and impartial way

To explore ways forward to enhance contribution of more individual and organisations to meet SWA objectives

To celebrate achievement and acknowledge contributions to fulfil SWA objectives