One Woman and a Project to Educate 4 Million Youth About Child Sexual Abuse
Through the Rakshin Project, social engineer Smita Bharti is spearheading a youth-led movement to create a social tipping point to stop child sexual abuse.
Through the Rakshin Project, social engineer Smita Bharti is spearheading a youth-led movement to create a social tipping point to stop child sexual abuse.
Gauri Malik’s label Sirohi provides small-town women artisans design support to make sustainable products for eco-conscious buyers in big cities.
Peace activist Dr Devika Mittal of Aaghaz-e-Dosti is working to normalise relationships between the youth of India and Pakistan.
Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Scilla Elworthy advocates peace through fearless action and activating feminine intelligence.
Actor-poet Taranjit Kaur and film producer Chhitra Subramaniam have launched a lockdown initiative to donate sanitary pads to women in need.
Manjiri Gokhale Joshi’s NGO offers free ‘family-like’ services and company to senior citizens left alone after their kids fly the nest.
Public libraries have been low on government priorities in the past few years; now COVID is threatening our few brave community libraries too.
President of the World Fair Trade Organization and CEO of NGO Sasha, Roopa Mehta is raising a red flag for India’s pandemic-struck textile industry.
These teen girls in Delhi are stepping up to raise awareness, educate and engage with youth in their city.
Principal Financial Advisor of the Central Railways, Ruby Ahluwalia set up an NGO to support underprivileged cancer patients after surviving stage-three cancer herself.
Fine-art photographer Leena Kejriwal has helped raise awareness about sex trafficking through her unique art and gaming technology project Save Missing Girls.
Chhaa Jaa, an online programme by the global NGO Girl Effect, will educate adolescent girls and help them navigate their teenage years.
What happens when humans share their true stories in a safe space? Andaleeb Qureshi activated the Human Library in India to find out.
Led by Archana Kapoor, the community radio station Radio Mewat has turned around the lives of the rural Haryana listeners it caters to.
Until society doesn’t change its mindset, no amount of laws can ensure women their rights, notes feminist activist V Rukmini Rao.
A jewellery label and an NGO that rehabilitates survivors of acid attacks have come together to share a poignant message: there is life, and love, even after brutal violence and suffering.
The Supergirls series by Katha India contains interesting, relatable stories to educate children about water, sanitation and hygiene – from day-to-day cleanliness to menstrual taboos.
Pawani Khandelwal’s social enterprise Aatm Nirbhar equips women in small towns with one basic skill that opens up a multitude of avenues for them – riding two-wheelers.
Artist and social activist Rouble Nagi is using the healing power of art to enliven Maharashtra’s slums and educate underprivileged children.
Instead of taking everyday experiences for granted, look for the beauty in them and be grateful for them, says psychology professor Dr Megha Dhillon.