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Children with special needs are as special, and deserving as all children, and raising them is not any different than raising a biological child.

The like-minded team behind NGO Swaraksha have decided to deal with the issue of child abuse through education and awareness sessions.

Teachers at the village schools would avoid them after knowing that they are going to talk about periods. Villagers opposed talks on breaking such taboos.

Tanya Kotnala, an illustrator and Tanya Singh, a nutritionist joined hands to form Bhuli (which means ‘Little Sister’ in the native dialect of Garhwali), last year with the intention of reviving the local art and culture of the state.

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and concerned authorities were also directed to run a campaign to create awareness about the harmful effects of cleaning sewers on the health of the workers.

A lot of the girls could not even afford fresh cloth every month, and had to use the same piece of cloth for months on end.

One of the major objectives of AAWC is to “prevent the cycle of intergenerational prostitution” among the community.

The saplings planted by the students from 2015-2016 under Rajabhai’s guidance have now grown about 4-5 feet tall.

Population Foundation of India (PFI) used a television soap opera as a vehicle to raise awareness on vital gender issues, question patriarchial gender norms, and change attitudes among India’s rural poor. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director of PFI explains how and why they did so.

Invisible illnesses like Fibromyalgia are little understood in India. This International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases, a Fibromyalgia patient talks about rebuilding her life after her diagnosis and the need for better awareness about invisible illnesses in Indian society.