The kick off the Confident Girls Initiative started with the Ambassadors from 30 schools. This was used to mark the International Day of women round the world. The Ambassadors was able to listen to 8 speakers from 5…
We started this campaign 5 months ago, with the hope of amplifying voices for the call of getting not just swift punishment of rapists, but institutional support for victims. Today, we are 18,179 signatures strong, but still…
I'm happy to share that Saahas has supported 2194 survivors during the lockdown period thus far. These data are based on a combination of self-reporting by survivors and self-reporting by bystanders. Saahas does not collect…
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In service of our social experiment on women’s leadership and how it is perceived by both men and women, we decided to have some rehearsals on conducting short interviews. The idea is to ask two sets of questions to men and…
I was able to be a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by GroundBreakers where we delved into the increasing issue of gender based violence, and how it increases during a crisis such as the one we are in now. Government…
We are creating a platform for Voice of Women called Kitchen Talks. We will amplify women’s voices to create an issues based agenda for the electioneering process. The aim is to build a cadre of women who believe in…
By identifying 10 women across 100 villages, we have trained them on political leadership through which they can also get socio-economic empowerment. These women are to take up different roles under the rural government…
700 women were supported with food packet sufficient for one month. Awareness creation through audio message on the mobile vehicle was created as joint operation with Govt machinery in each of the villages. Therefore, more…
Advocacy - With Avani’s successful advocacy with the local and state government, migrant and day laborer families are receiving dramatically reduced subsidized rice and wheat from the Food Corporation of India.
9500 people till date 1900 families till date belonging to 16 nomadic tribe (NT/DNT), adivasi and dalit communities with dry food rations or direct bank transfers across 15 districts of Maharashtra. 250 youth and clients…
With the unprecedented rise in the number of instances of gender-based violence world over: be it domestic violence or violence against sexual minorities, the list is rather wide-ranging and frighteningly so. One of the…
World over, the lockdowns have been challenging in many, many difficult ways. Among those that are struggling with the weight of having to stay home are those that are facing domestic violence. We're talking about staying…
