Wishes foundation’s role in women empowerment is the promotion of equal participation of women and men in decision-making because women continue to have fewer rights, lower education and health status, less access to resources and decision-making than men. There are many gender roles socially constructed that are oppressive and need social transformation. While it is important for both genders to participate in the gender development interventions and initiatives, more interventions are required for women to bring balance in the gender relations and power equations. Gender development is a strategy adopted by the Wishes foundation to empower women more and ultimately to re-distribute power among women and men.

The male-female ratio has got drastically affected due to female foeticide. In today’s India, male children are given special attention. More opportunities are provided to boys to come up in life. Constantly female children are ignored and neglected. Awareness program on female foeticide was organized in many operational areas.