women empowerment

Kashvi Jindal, a 17-year-old, started ‘Invest The Change’ to help underprivileged people gain financial literacy and learn about the government schemes that they can benefit from.

Kalyani Subramanyam and Corina van Dam run Maitrayana, an initiative that uses the sport of netball to help thousands of girls study, fight gender bias, and pursue their dream careers.

Bengaluru entrepreneur Neha Bagaria started HerKey to help millions of women return to the workforce after career breaks. She shares why she was inspired to start something like this.

Inspired by his grandfather, Tamil Nadu artist S Jeya Cruz is on a mission to empower poor women living in coastal areas by helping them upcycle coconut shells into eco-friendly products.

Devoted to Kathak since the age of six, Alaknanda Dasgupta refuses to let cancer stand in the way of doing what she loves most — performing on stage. She shares her journey.

PV Satheesh, the founder of Deccan Development Society, played a pivotal role in improving the livelihoods of thousands of women largely from the Dalit community across 75 villages in Telangana through the the magic of millets. He passed away recently on 19 March.

Jhunbala Malick, a tribal woman from rural Odisha, shares how she started her life afresh as a farmer after coming out of an abusive marriage. Here’s her story of finding her tribe in a women self help group, and finding strength in farming,

Uttarakhand’s Nidhi Pant, along with her six college friends, launched an agri-tech startup to help women from low-income, climate-threatened communities sell produce dismissed as spoilt by converting farm losses to value-added products.

Witnessing the changing food traditions of the mountains, Sashi Bahuguna Raturi from Uttarakhand started Namakwali, a brand to introduce the state’s traditional recipes of the age-old pisyu loon salt to the world.

Suraj Bai Meena was born in a village near Ranthambore where it was unheard of for girls to pursue a career or education. Today, she is Ranthambore’s first woman naturalist. Watch this video to see her journey.