adolescent girls

The first few months will be confusing for her and it is upon you to ensure your daughter is introduced to periods with facts, not rumours.

A unique skill-development and training programme in Mumbai is empowering women from underprivileged and difficult circumstances to take charge of their lives as nursing assistants. Rahul Thekdi explores further.

One often finds that even the most underprivileged girls and women have a lot to express and contribute about gender issues if given the right platform, as an art workshop recently showed.

Sports have the potential to transform people not just physically but psychologically and socially too. This journey of a shy girl from a lower middle class family in Mumbai who became a confident netball coach proves it.

Millions of girls in India become victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, and child labour every year. West Bengal is one such state where girls are at high risk for trafficking and other abuse. GPower, a mobile-based intervention in 20 villages of the state, is identifying the girls in need of help and providing them with much needed and timely support based on their level of vulnerability.

The government has taken an initiative to provide sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in government schools to combat the social stereotypes and hygiene issues that women face due to menstruation.

A 15 days long camp has enabled shy and timid girls to come out in the open, be confident and look at the world with a new perspective. From providing life skills, decision making power and spoken English training to enabling them to dream big and become more confident, VOICE 4 Girls is giving a new voice to thousands of adolescent girls.