women empowerment

Farm Didi is a for-profit social enterprise started by Manjari Sharma in Bihar to empower rural women and provide them with financial independence.

Dr Mahalakshmi YN from Mysuru is the epitome of strong willpower and perseverance. She speaks about surviving abuse and how she now focuses on the mental and physical health of her patients.

An artisan from Rajasthan’s Barmer, Ruma Devi went from being a school dropout to being invited by Harvard to lecture its students. Here's the story of her incredible journey.

In 1987, Sonal Shukla started Vacha Foundation, which works to educate and empower adolescent girls in Mumbai’s slums. The team recalls working with their mentor, educator and an icon of the feminist movement in India.

IIT-Delhi alumna Surabhi Yadav built Sanjhe Sapne, an NGO that works to educate and integrate rural women into the modern workforce by providing them stable jobs.

Taking on patriarchy, Anita Gupta started her NGO Bhojpur Mahila Kala Kendra with the singular goal of educating and financially empowering women.

Sisters Sanjoli and Ananya Banerjee began engaging in activism and fighting female foeticide from a young age. Today, they champion many causes -- education, menstrual hygiene, mental health and more.

For the ladies living in Nizamuddin basti in Old Delhi, preparing 700-year-old recipes to cater to folks across the city under Zaika-e-Nizamuddin (ZeN) helped them find their identity and financial independence.

From spreading awareness and sensitizing farmers, monitoring fields for rescue, initiating a contractual ban on child labour, incentivising those who refrained from it to implementing penalties upon violation, Bayer's Child Care Program (CCP) has been tackling the problem of child labour with a multi-layered approach.

By 2040, more than 1 million women in India run at a risk of succumbing to uterine cancer. This initiative, Ganga Godavari Cancer Screening Program, is trying to help the country steer clear of that fate.