Why Join Us
- Participating with us will allow you to support inclusive policies that promote opportunities for employment and advancement for professionals from the Arunthathiyar community.
- Your support will strengthen our voice in advocating for justice and equality.
- We provide training, workshops, and resources to empower those committed to our aims.
- By joining us, you will gain access to these opportunities, enabling you to pursue our collective goals effectively.
Arunthathiyar Social Justice Federation (ASJF)
We ensure to make positive changes in the lives of the Arunthathiyar community by impacting policies and programs while strengthening the civil society organisations working for this cause.
Since 2019, we have been working as a forum to uplift the Arunthathiyar community, especially women and children, while putting out extensive initiatives that include active government participation through laws, regulations, national action plans, and accountability systems to guarantee their benefit. We comprise 73 Arunthathiyar led community based organizations across Tamil Nadu. Our goal is to promote policy changes by collecting, analyzing, and sharing data on the community's economic, social, political, and educational standing. We intend to impact 100 organizations in Tamil Nadu, enhance internal reservations and guarantee appropriate accessibility by constructing more robust and comprehensive advocacy campaigns at the state level. Our organization makes sure to eradicate manual scavenging and look for alternate work for them. In collaboration with …
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Latest Programs
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Capacity Building and Training Programs
We work to enhance the capacities of Arunthathiyar groups, organizations, and individuals who are dedicated to our goals. Under our programs, providing these organizations the tools, resources, and training they need to successfully pursue their objectives is our main goal.
Arunthathiyar Upliftment through Education and Employment
This program focuses on increasing college admissions and private sector job placements for Arunthathiyar youth. It also aims to significantly reduce school dropout rates in districts like Salem by providing targeted support.
Social Justice Advancement and Inner Reservation Implementation
This initiative focuses on strengthening policy advocacy to secure equitable rights and representation. It works with government systems to ensure effective implementation of reservation policies for Arunthathiyar community
Latest Events
Dhwani Foundation visited ASJF
Dhwani Foundation visited ASJF and engaged with our Board Members, Member Organisations, and Secretariat Team to discuss planned activities and strengthen our collective vision for the community.
ASJF Collaboration with Government
The ASJF team visited the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department yesterday and received a very warm and encouraging response from the officials. Every officer we met expressed their support for our initiatives and assured their participation in future meetings whenever invited. The department also guided us to connect with other NGOs that could become valuable partners for ASJF’s work. During the visit, we were able to build strong connections with five officers from the ADW Department across different designations, strengthening our network for future collaboration.
Preparation - Handbook for Online Member Training
ASJF, Thozhi, WLF Federation has organised a meeting for preparing a handbook of parameters implementation for online member training. the session was guided by Mr.Ayyappan, Dhwani foundation
Our Impact
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ASJF is spread across 23 districts in tamilnadu, through member organisation ASJF is reaching out in the grassroot level
