Few medals at the Olympics by a country of 1.4 billion is not enough, we must train rural youth to become big game changers through sports. Words of wisdom and foresight, spoken by R Venkataram, member Advisory board TRIF, former managing trustee Tata Trusts at the India Rural Colloquy
It certainly could not have been put together more coherently and more emphatically. Unaccounted, invisible women can never be part of any government policies. In order that India’s gender equality graph grows it is important that women are “Counted In”.
In conversation with SheThePeople, Khanna shared how she navigated a society ingrained with traditional norms and expectations, and what challenges she faced in redefining the role of a Panch
An Anganwadi worker, Gayatri Solanki’s undeterred work in creating equal opportunities for women in education in rural villages of Madhya Pradesh is a testament to the transformational change in how people view education there.
Nirmala Meda shares with SheThePeople how her early matrimony halted her education, why she left her traumatising marriage, how empowers her four children as a single mom, and why working for survivors of Gender Based Violence is her primary purpose.
Among her many pursuits, Geeta Mahanand leaves no stone unturned in enlightening young girls about menstruation and ensuring access to proper sanitation. As a Sarpanch in Durg, Chhattisgarh, Mahanand is now fetching new ways to further her endeavour.
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