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Empowerment

Empowerment

‘We’ve Got Wings’: IAS Officer Rescues Hundreds From Bonded Labour, Makes Them Kiln Owners

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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Rural India

‘Their Courage is My Capital’: Activist Gives 2 Lakh Rural Women Financial Agency

Sexual Exploitation

I Was Forced into Sex Work at 19; Now I Help Hundreds Fight Abuse, Get Voter IDs & Aadhaar

Agriculture

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

A Lalitha the first female engineer in India

History

Refusing a Life of Isolation, How an 18-YO Widow Became India’s 1st Female Engineer

odisha jhunbala malick

Agriculture

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

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Sports

‘I Was Called a Waste’: Priyanka Chopra’s Trainer for ‘Mary Kom’ On Breaking Stereotypes

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Agriculture

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

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Videos

At 26, How I Broke Barriers & Became Youngest Woman Pilot to Command a Commercial Jet

sukla debnath

Human Trafficking

How a Woman Uses Beautician Training in Her Pursuit to End Child Marriage & Trafficking

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Kerala

‘Family Was Against It but We’re Happy’: MSc Grad Quits MNC Job To Sell 50 Types of Tea

Suraj Bai Meena

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

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

Art

Not Allowed to Enter Workshop as Woman, Kumartuli’s Mala Pal Now Sculpts Success

Denita Lyngdoh

Inclusion

Is Your Workplace Gender Inclusive? 3 Things Corporates Must do to Close the Gap

Rakesh Gupta of Gramshree.

Tribal

Hero Helps 2000+ Tribal Families Fight Middlemen, Earn Up To 3 Times More

In India, more women work in informal economies like domestic workers, street vendors, rag pickers

Women Empowerment

Experts Share 4 Things India Must Do To Improve Its Rank on Global Gender Gap Index

Empowerment

I Left City Life for an Odisha Village; Here’s What I Learned About Sustainable Cooking

Empowerment

How I Built a Plastic & Preservative-Free ‘Farm to Fork’ Cafe that Helps 250 Artisans Earn More

Fashion

Solapur Girl Makes Leather from Waste Fish Scales, Showcases Designs at Global Runways

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

Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal (SSM) underprivileged education

Lede

Unable to Complete His Schooling, He Built a School to Educate 60000 Poor Kids

a school teacher in a green suit stands while girls in uniform sitting in rows hold up packets of sanitary napkins during a period workshop

Education

Thanks to One Campaign, This School is One Among Many Helping Crores Beat Menstruation Stigma

Pipal tree tribal handicraft

Jharkhand

‘Abandoned For Refusing Dowry, I Rebuilt My Life With A Handicraft Biz That Earns Lakhs’

Food

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

Education

Inspired by Feminist Grandpa, 23-YO Returns from Canada to Teach 100 Kids in Village

Inspirational

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

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Empowerment

70 Women Knit Bikinis, Dolls & More for UK & US To Keep 400 Stray Dogs Well-Fed

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