Girl child

To help homeless people who sleep on the roads, students in Bhuj made beds using waste gunny bags stuffed with softened paper and cloth. The project won the ‘Quick Impact’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2016’ organised by Design for Change.

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.

Nivetha, a young schoolgirl with no exposure to posh education, has built a robot supported by volunteers and her friends.

Evidence on what works or does not work to reduce violence against women is scanty in India. This is what the intervention ‘Do Kadam Barabari ki Ore’ sought to find out. Implemented in villages of Bihar, it has some startling insights.

The realization of social and economic exploitation of girls and women in society became motivation for a housewife to start a free school exclusively for girls.

Women are often forced to conform to unattainable standards and belittled if they choose to be independent. A renowned young woman and poet has a message for such body shaming in this short and powerful poem.

A 21-year-old from Mysore has overcome severe financial difficulties and disability to become financially independent, support herself and her family, and inspire other with her courage and dedication.

The villages in the desert of Rajasthan are notorious for child brides, but groups of girls are now banding together to defy and upturn a long-held tradition to assure a new and better future for themselves. Tarun Kanti Bose takes a closer look.

Daimati Santa was to be married off at the age of 16. Today, she is leading the fight against child marriage in rural Odisha.

Palghar, an underdeveloped tribal village from Maharashtra, is breaking age-old traditions and saying no to child marriage.