women empowerment

Yellama ia a 22-year old single mother who drives an auto rickshaw in Bangalore. But that's not all — she is also preparing for her IAS exams. Meet this inspiring young woman.

When women in rural India are still fighting for basic rights like education, Vandana Bahadur Maida has broken all stereotypes by becoming the first woman sarpanch of her village in Madhya Pradesh. It is just the beginning and she has already taken some strong steps. Here's a tête-à-tête with her.

These young girls in a Gujarat village, all in the age range of 21-26 years, have put an end to open defecation, provided clean drinking water, constructed roads, installed solar lights and much more! Know more about this impressive team.

They were just a group of 15 in Lucknow in 2011. Now they are a force of 8,500 around the country. The world-famous Red Brigade, which addresses the issue of sexual violence in India, is the brainchild of gutsy Usha Vishwakarma, a survivor of attempted rape herself.

Many shy, home-bound women have now transformed into active political leaders who are bringing a larger change in their community. Thanks to one poverty alleviation programme.

Domestic violence, sexual harassment and dowry cases are not really news in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. But a few compassionate activists and organizations are taking on the issues with the help of theatre.

Aparna's father was an alcoholic and she had seen its ill-effects personally. When she saw many women from her neighbourhood being abused by their alcoholic husbands, she started a Red Brigade group which fights domestic violence in an interesting way.

The Bedia community of MP celebrates the birth of a girl child – but for a very different reason. One organization, Samvedna, has decided to intervene and open the gates of education and different livelihood options for this community. Here's more.

The feisty women members of grassroots groups in Kerala, who would earlier not even dare to talk within the hearing of the upper caste employees, are now successfully setting the community development agenda for their local self government bodies.

Here's how girls in rural Ranchi aged between 12 and 19 years are running a successful micro-credit venture which is helping them to not only take care of their family's financial needs but also giving them better decision-making powers.