Shakti Vahini

It began with one desperate phone call — and turned it into a 20-year fight to protect women and children from abuse, trafficking, and violence.

To truly have gender equality, we all need to band together and fight for what’s right. And these men are doing just that, ensuring that women are not alone in their battle against gender discrimination.

The penetrative reach that the human trafficking nexus has made into even the grass-root sections of the country is quite disparaging.

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.

Two women cops from Bengal bravely faced a 600-strong mob in Haryana to rescue a trafficked girl. By the end of the mission on Wednesday, they were successful in rescuing not one, but three minor girls, and also arrested nine traffickers.