Impact
World Pulse's Impact In India
Leaders on World Pulse are connecting, exchanging resources, and raising their voices. As a result of this digital power, they are creating huge impacts across India.
"As a result of my participation with World Pulse, I feel motivated that there are so many women leaders all over the world in human rights movements. This has helped me in my projects for grassroot youth leadership and specifically for safety of young women..." -Deepa Pawar, who reported impacting 2,000 women and girls in the 2019 World Pulse Impact Survey
World Pulse has seen a network effect taking place in India, where more leaders are actively raising their voices, sharing stories, accessing resources, and making meaningful connections with one another online than before. In our 2019 Impact Survey, World Pulse leaders shared that they have impacted the lives of more than 385,000 people across India.
More than 80% of the survey respondents in India shared that as a result of their involvement with World Pulse they took action to improve their community. 78% shared that World Pulse has helped them grow their network and make valuable connections. In addition, more than 80% of the women in India shared that in the last year, as a result of their participation on World Pulse they have seen increases in their own confidence, self-efficacy and resilience.
And the network is growing! As of the end of 2019, the World Pulse network in India has:
- Increased in numbers by 10% since 2017
- Grown the number of badged leaders by 57% since 2017
- Increased the number of stories posted this year by 26% compared to the previous 12-month period
- Increased the number of comments shared on others’ stories by more than 75% compared to the previous 12-month period
- Increased the number of resources and opportunities shared by more than 1,000% compared to the previous 12-month period.
"I felt a new sense of bliss being born in this land. It's like the world is coming to meet me and the good and bad are evenly distributed throughout this planet Earth. Having these connections is a very humbling and humanely experience to me. I don't weigh them on a profit cum loss scale. They are beyond that." - World Pulse member in India.
