Empowerment

Here's a look at how Jayalalithaa played mother to women folk in Tamil Nadu by providing them with socio-economic authority.

TBI speaks to retired Naval Officer Sandhya Suri, who is among the few women posted to serve on board an Indian Naval Warship.

Odisha’s women are no longer just content with being wives, daughters, and mothers. More and more women from the state’s rural areas are flocking to its cities for jobs, and in the process discovering their independent and self-confident selves.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2016, we bring you the story of three Indian brothers who have been fighting against gender-based violence in India for years.

Are you tired of spending days and weeks trying to get your local politician or elected representative to take care of your civic issues? With this new app, assistance is just a tap away.

Despite a strong push for greater representation, women are still a woeful minority in the top echelons of today’s corporate world. Anju Jain discusses strategies that might be able to remedy this situation in her book 'Step Up'.

In an endevour to end open defecation TBI launches a campaign to raise funds to build toilets for Lonvadi, a village located 50 kms from Nasik, Maharashtra.

Intervention by government and private agencies is heralding socio-cultural change in the hinterlands of Odisha. A look at how awareness building and training initiatives are changing the lives of girls and young women in the area.

Forced to relocate with her poor family in a squalid resettlement in north-west Delhi, Pooja Kashyap faced a life of destitution. This is the story of how her grit and determination instead helped her craft a life that inspires others.

Rachel Varghese, a domestic abuse survivor, looks back at the time she spent in India as a part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service.