What happens when one district decides it won’t let its daughters become child brides? In Sepahijala, IAS officer Siddharth Jaiswal’s mission has already saved 100 children — and is rallying entire villages.
Discover the transformative impact of Kirti Cards in Harda as Aditya Singh IAS leads a revolution towards gender equality and empowerment in Madhya Pradesh.
IAS Minal Karanwal introduced ‘Balika Panchayat’ to empower young girls in Maharashtra to become active citizens and tackle local issues like alcoholism, child marriage, and lymphatic filariasis.
A hero India needs to know about, Nishita Rajput from Gujarat has spent over a decade raising funds to help thousands of underprivileged girls with food, clothing and education.
Working in tandem with Savitribai Phule, Fatima had to not only take on high caste Hindus but also faced fierce opposition from orthodox Muslims who opposed the idea of equal education for all.
Inspired by a true story about a girl with Cerebral Palsy, Chennai-born director Priya Ramasubban shares her film's extraordinary journey with The Better India.
In Tiring, a tiny tribal-dominated village in Jharkhand, all houses will now have nameplates that bear the names of unmarried girls and their mothers residing there.
Nandini, an initiative aimed towards the welfare of the girl child and for woman empowerment in Gomati district of Tripura, is helping in the successful implementation of the central government’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in the region.