Former victims of prostitution fight for others like them

Former victims of prostitution fight for others like them

Sex trafficking is a major issue in India. Almost every year, thousands of girls across the country are sold into sex slavery. Human trafficking is the third largest organized crime after drugs and the arms trade across the globe. Close to 80% of the human trafficking across the world is done for sexual exploitation and […]

The roar of women’s cricket will now go far

The roar of women’s cricket will now go far

These days women’s team are roaring and getting their recognition in cricket really well. Keeping this in mind, women’s T20 cricket has been confirmed to be in Commonwealth Games at the Birmingham in 2022 which will take place in England from 27th of July to 7th of August 2022. International Cricket Council (ICC) and The […]

These girls are just yawning, a new fight is dawning!

These girls are just yawning, a new fight is dawning!

“My father’s dream of becoming a footballer has now become my dream and I will definitely fulfill it”, says Preeti , the daughter of a daily wage labourer.  In higher secondary school now, she says she had to settle for the arts stream rather than science because of financial constraints. “I am old enough to […]

छोटी सहयोग से आया बड़ा बदलाव

छोटी सहयोग से आया बड़ा बदलाव

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस के जश्न को मानते हुये दिल्ली के निम्न आय समुदायों से महिला स्वंयसेवकों की उद्यमिता के कार्यक्रम का उद्घाटन करते हुए, सुश्री रश्मि सिंह, सचिव एनडीएमसी ने ऐसी महिलाओं की पहचान करने और उन्हें अपने व्यवसाय को बढ़ाने के लिए उन्हें प्रशिक्षित करने के साथ ही निदान की भूमिका की सराहना की। […]

Don’t tell us to keep mum!

Don’t tell us to keep mum!

In the run up to International Women day on 8th March the campaign one billion rising is still alive in Patna. The ground of Bihar Vidyapeeth echoed with the voice of approximately 2000 women and girls from different corners of Bihar who stood together for their rights and to stop violence against women on the […]

RISE.RESIST.UNITE!

RISE.RESIST.UNITE!

 Eight years before in 2012 people across the world came together to express their outrage, to strike and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end of violence against women. According to a survey 1 in 3 women across the planet are beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN […]

My Dad and I played with a plastic football!

My Dad and I played with a plastic football!

In ‘Backward’ Bihar, where entire village communities frown on women playing sports, a labourer buys a plastic ball for his daughter to pursue her football dreams… “My father is my very first coach. When I was small, he bought a plastic ball, and he taught me to kick it around,” says Priti Kunari, a feisty […]