Acid Survivors and Women Welfare Foundation (formerly Acid Survivors Foundation India) was established in 2010. Since then ASWWF has been expanding its scope and range of services to support survivors of all forms of violence and atrocities against women, including trafficking and domestic violence.

ASWWF is formerly known as Acid Survivours Foundation India, is a leading not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation working for the prevention of Acid burn and other forms of violence against women in India since 2010.
ASWWF works towards the development and welfare of women. It promotes a social environment conducive to elimination of gender violence and acts as a forum for advocacy for such cases. ASWWF espouses a firm legal basis for prosecution of offenders. It also advocates for prescription of national guidelines for treatment, aftercare and rehabilitation of survivours of acid violence and other forms of violence. The foundation has plans to open more chapters and offices to further enhance the outreach of its mission to rebuild the lives of all acid and other gender based violence survivours. ASWWF continues its journey in rebuilding lives.
Acid assault has a more lasting and devastating psycho-physical impact on the survivors than other forms of violence. The saying that time is a great healer does not lessen the traumatized woman’s woes who has to encounter shame and suffering for her very existence. ASWWF is trying to make the lives of the survivors a little easier and better. In order to do that and provide holistic care to the survivors ASWWF along with partner organizations is working on the theory of “TOC” (Theory of Change) which has been jointly formulated.
“TOC” envisaged the following approaches:
• Awareness programmes, prevention campaigns and media attention reduces the incidence of attacks and create greater awareness about the causes and harmful consequences of such violence.
• Effectively implemented legislation reduces the incidence of attacks and increases access to justice for survivors, helping them to feel safer.
• Medical attention and counselling for survivors improves their health and quality of life.
• Support for rehabilitation and reintegration, including the provision of vocational and educational opportunities and livelihood skills help to improve survivors’ quality of life and enables them to live as a part of society.
• Providing survivors with life skills and knowledge about their rights increase their self-confidence and can enable some survivors to become effective and compelling advocates of change.
• Strengthening the evidence base of acid burns violence will contribute to more effective advocacy and better informed policy making in tackling violence against women and girls nationally and globally.ASWWF is formerly known as Acid Survivours Foundation India, is a leading not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation working for the prevention of Acid burn and other forms of violence against women in India since 2010.

“TOC” envisaged the following approaches:
• Awareness programmes, prevention campaigns and media attention reduces the incidence of attacks and create greater awareness about the causes and harmful consequences of such violence.
• Effectively implemented legislation reduces the incidence of attacks and increases access to justice for survivors, helping them to feel safer.
• Medical attention and counselling for survivors improves their health and quality of life.
• Support for rehabilitation and reintegration, including the provision of vocational and educational opportunities and livelihood skills help to improve survivors’ quality of life and enables them to live as a part of society.
• Providing survivors with life skills and knowledge about their rights increase their self-confidence and can enable some survivors to become effective and compelling advocates of change.
• Strengthening the evidence base of acid burns violence will contribute to more effective advocacy and better informed policy making in tackling violence against women and girls nationally and globally.