Women

Sameera Jalan, a 16-year-old from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, founded PinThread, an initiative that teaches rural women and children of domestic help how to convert waste fabric into useful items like laptop covers, pencil cases and more.

Shantanu Pathak, a Mumbai-based entrepreneur, was always motivated to work in the health-tech sector. But an unfortunate incident of a friend's high-risk pregnancy opened his eyes to the lack of access to quality pregnancy care -- a purpose he dedicated his life to. He is now being supported by the Marico Innovation Foundation to take his work forward.

Having experienced the difficulties of reentering the workforce first-hand, Dr Saundarya Rajesh is now helping women and the LGBTQ+ community with their second careers.

In the Union Budget for the financial year (FY) 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a sum of Rs 35,000 crore for the COVID-19 vaccine drive, among a slew of other announcements.

On July 13, 1905, Kuriyedathu Thathri, who was a Namboodiri Brahmin, was put on trial under the age-old Smarthavicharam ritual for infidelity and promiscuity. This would result in her excommunication from her caste. But she fought for all 65 men, including the king of Kochi, to face equal consequences for their actions.

Savithri Rao started learning Yakshagana, a traditional theatre form, at the age of 66. In May 2018, Savithri took the stage for her 100th Yakshagana performance as Duryodhana in the mythological story ‘Narakasura Vadhe.’ To date, she has over 110 performances to her credit.

A victim of child marriage and domestic abuse, Laxmi Waghmare still chose a life of uplifting and empowering women.

Rashmi Choudhary is a photographer based in Gurugram whose online course on photography and editing is empowering homepreneurs and small business owners.

With the support of the Women and Child Development Ministry of Gujarat and Hindustan Unilever's Lifebuoy soap, Shakti Foundation organised a handwashing campaign on October 2, 2020.

Iti Rawat started the ‘Red Dot Campaign’ when she started getting SOS calls from domestic abuse victims during the pandemic. More than 180 calls have been received so far.