以学生为主导的初创企业，为印度女性代表性不足的女性解决社会问题-新东方前途出国

　　Student-led startup tackling social issues for underrepresented girls in India

　　以学生为主导的初创企业，为印度女性代表性不足的女性解决社会问题 在线咨询

　　Nov 15, 2019, 16:35 PM

　　2019年11月15日下午16:35

　　When Ananya Tiwari visited her home in India in 2016, she witnessed her childhood friends living a completely different life. She saw clear inequality in education and in society as a whole.

　　2016年，Ananya Tiwari访问了她在印度的家，亲眼目睹了她儿时的朋友们过着完全不同的生活。她看到了教育和整个社会的明显不平等。

　　“Growing up, we were never taught about the social structures,” said Tiwari, a second-year PhD student in educational psychology at the University of Illinois, who was born and raised in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India. “When I saw my friends dropping out of school to earn wages, it really unsettled me. That’s when I decided to work in education.”

　　伊利诺伊大学教育心理学二年级博士生蒂瓦里在印度北方邦坎普尔出生和长大，他说：“我们从小就没有人教过社会结构。“当我看到我的朋友辍学挣工资时，我真的很不安。那是我决定从事教育工作的时候； 在线咨询

　　Following her passion, Tiwari co-founded SwaTaleem Foundation, a non-profit that works with teachers and vulnerable adolescent girls in India to improve educational outcomes and impact socio-emotional skills. They hope to achieve this by breaking down traditional hierarchical platforms and giving students more of a voice in the kind of education they want. SwaTaleem aims to tackle challenges that current schools are facing such as lack of professional development and resources for teachers, and girls being uneducated and ending up going home and getting married.

　　蒂瓦里满怀激情，与人共同创立了斯瓦特莱姆基金会（SwaTaleem Foundation），这是一家非营利性机构，与印度的教师和易受伤害的少女合作，以提高教育成果和影响社会情感技能。他们希望通过打破传统的等级制平台，让学生在他们想要的教育中有更多的发言权，来实现这一目标。斯瓦莱姆的目标是应对当前学校面临的挑战，例如缺乏专业发展和教师资源，女孩没有受过教育，最终回家结婚。

　　SwaTaleem Foundation provides professional development opportunities, on-site support, and feedback for teachers. The organization also coordinates with government officials to provide proper resources for districts to run sustainable educational models, ensuring officials, teachers, and young girls work together for a common goal. Since its incorporation in December 2018, SwaTaleem Foundation has worked with 900 girls, 30 teachers, 6 schools, and 2 districts.

　　斯瓦特莱姆基金会为教师提供专业发展机会、现场支持和反馈。该组织还与政府官员协调，为各区提供适当的资源，以运行可持续的教育模式，确保官员、教师和年轻女孩为共同目标共同努力。斯瓦特莱姆基金会自2018年12月成立以来，已与900名女孩、30名教师、6所学校和2个区开展了合作。 在线咨询

　　“We are trying to solve real issues regarding giving voices to the minority and underrepresented girls in India,” said Tiwari. “The government signed a memorandum of understanding with us to scale the model to the entire state. Our goal through SwaTaleem Foundation is to work with 2,000 girls by July 2020. I want to shed light on the real issues and remind everyone how privileged of a life we live. We here never have to struggle with the idea of getting married at 13 years of age or being kidnapped on the way to school.”

　　蒂瓦里说：“我们正在努力解决有关向印度少数民族和代表性不足的女孩发出声音的真正问题。“政府与我们签署了一份谅解备忘录，将该模式推广到整个州。我们通过斯瓦莱姆基金会的目标是到2020年7月与2000名女孩合作。我想阐明真正的问题，并提醒每个人我们的生活是多么的荣幸。我们在这里永远不必为13岁结婚或上学途中被绑架的想法而挣扎；

　　SwaTaleem Foundation is part of iVenture Accelerator, the educational program for top student startups at the University of Illinois. The iVenture Accelerator, which is powered by Gies College of Business, supports student-led startups with knowledge, funding, and access to world-class University of Illinois resources and alumni. In the last few years, iVenture entrepreneurs have raised millions of dollars, created dozens of full-time jobs, and gone onto prestigious programs such as Y-Combinator.

　　斯瓦特莱姆基金会是iVenture Accelerator的一部分，iVenture Accelerator是伊利诺伊大学学生创业教育计划的一部分。iVenture Accelerator由Gies商业学院提供支持，为学生主导的初创企业提供知识、资金和获得伊利诺伊州世界一流大学资源和校友的机会。在过去的几年里，iVenture的企业家们已经筹集了数百万美元，创造了几十个全职工作岗位，并进入了著名的项目，如Y-Combinator。 在线咨询

　　“A neat part of iVenture is that it’s open to ventures from all backgrounds, not strictly venture-backable high growth software companies,” said Manu Edakara, director of the iVenture Accelerator. “In fact, nearly a third of ventures each year are social or cultural in nature, and iVenture itself has its roots in the school of social work.”

　　“iVenture的一个巧妙之处在于，它向来自不同背景的企业开放，而不是严格意义上的风险投资型高增长软件公司，”iVenture Accelerator的董事Manu Edakara说。“事实上，每年近三分之一的风险投资是社会或文化性质的，而艾文图本身也有其社会工作学院的根源。”；

　　“iVenture has provided both pace and clarity in determining how an early-stage nonprofit should look and run, where we should focus, and where should invest our resources,” said Tiwari. “At a personal level too, I have benefited a lot. The leadership stands with us and encourages us to navigate difficult situations as well as forge helpful connections in terms of both professional and personal support.”

　　Tiwari说：“iVenture提供了确定早期非营利组织应如何运作的速度和清晰性，我们应将重点放在哪里，以及应在哪里投资我们的资源。”。“在个人层面上，我也受益匪浅。领导层与我们站在一起，鼓励我们克服困难，并在专业和个人支持方面建立有益的联系；