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employment

Bengaluru Mom’s Platform Helps 3.5 Million Women Join the Workforce After Career Breaks

Sustainability

At 62, This Artist Is On a Mission to Help TN Women Earn By Upcycling Coconut Shells

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cancer

‘I’m Unstoppable’: 48-YO Kathak Dancer on Why She Performs Between Chemotherapy Sessions

Agriculture

Remembering ‘Millet Man’ Whose Revolution Gave Livelihoods to Thousands of Dalit Women

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Agriculture

‘No Longer a Victim’: Farming Helped Me Earn, Rebuild Life After Abusive Marriage

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Agriculture

’We Turn ‘Spoilt’ Crop Into Profits’: Startup Helps Women Farmers Become Breadwinners

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Food

Uttarakhand Women Take Age-Old ‘Pahadi Salt’ Across Country, Earn Lakhs

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Videos

At 16, I Stood Against My Entire Village to Become Ranthambore’s First Woman Naturalist

Art

Couple Behind Itsy Bitsy Left Australia to Build the Craft Biz & Help Thousands of Women

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Changemakers

Why I Chose to be the Sarpanch of a Bihar Village over Doing a Corporate Job in Delhi

Aruna Bahuguna first woman IPS of AP

Police

‘Was Shamed for Taking Maternity Leave’: My Journey of Becoming Andhra’s First Woman IPS

With a 5000-YO Art of Making Jewellery, Engineer Empowers Women to Study & Earn

Startup

With a 5000-YO Art of Making Jewellery, Engineer Empowers Women to Study & Earn

Surabhi Yadav with her sapnewalis

Education

IIT Delhi Grad Turns ‘Dream Catcher’ for Rural Women; Helps Them Get Jobs

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Small Businesses of India

IIM Grad Quits Job to Help Over 1000 Women in Bihar Scale Their Small Businesses

Dr Mahalakshmi acid attack survivor

Inspirational

Attacked With Acid, Doctor Fights for Justice for 11 Years; Helps Abuse Victims

rajasthan artisan ruma devi walks an indian fashion show with models sporting her collection

Changemakers

Harvard Invited This School Dropout From Barmer for Empowering 30,000 Women

Indian activist and feminist icon sonal shukla stands in the library at vacha foundation in mumbai

Activism

A Feminist Icon Who Spent Decades Educating Thousands of Girls in Mumbai’s Slums

Sajhe Sapne founder Surabhi Yadav with her students

Education

IIT-D Grad Helps Village Girls Fly High With Jobs, College Education & More

Anita Gupta surrounded by a group of women

Changemakers

I Fought My Family & Society to Make 10000 Women Financially Independent

Sanjoli (L) with her sister Ananya (R) have dedicated their lives to the cause of fighting against female foeticide

Activism

‘At 5, I Saw My Mom Being Pressured to Abort’: 23-YO on Fighting Female Foeticide

Food

Homemakers From This Basti Bring 700-Year-Old Mughlai Recipes to 5-Star Hotels

Education

How One Program Helped Rescue Over 1300 Child Labourers Working in Cotton Fields

Cancer

This Initiative is Helping 2.3 Million People Fight Cancer with Early Detection

Inspirational

Beaten & Thrown Out For Having Daughters, I Now Earn Rs 1 Lakh/Month & Help Women

Chhattisgarh

Entrepreneur Popularises Bastar’s Mahua as Healthy Snacks, Employs 350 Rural Women

YellowBag founders Gowri Gopinath and Krishnan Subramanian

Sustainability

Couple Quit Jobs To Sell Traditional Eco-Friendly Bags, Earn Turnover of Rs 3 Crore

jaipur rugs founder nand kishore chaudhary with women artisans

India

With Just Rs 5000, This Man Helped Lakhs of Women With a Unique Carpet Business

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s Inspiring Journey to Provide Low-Cost Meds to Millions

Entrepreneurs

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s Inspiring Journey to Provide Low-Cost Meds to Millions

Inspirational

“My Journey To Freedom”: Single Mom Forced to Drop Out on How She Became an Entrepreneur

Innovation

No Electricity & 50% Less Water: NRI’s Low-Cost Washing Machine Helps Women Refugees

West Bengal

7200 Tea Garden Workers Have Better Lives, Thanks to These IIT Grads & Mushrooms!

India’s First Women Doctors Broke Shackles of Patriarchy. Yet Remain Forgotten

Empowerment

India’s First Women Doctors Broke Shackles of Patriarchy, Yet Remain Forgotten

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