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TBI Heroes: Savitribai, The Mother Of Modern Girls’ Education In India
Savitribai Phule may not be as famous as Mahatma Gandhi or Swami Vivekananda. But her impact on the liberation of the Indian woman has been no less spectacular or significant. One of the earliest...
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Educate Girls – Enabling Communities In Rural Rajasthan To Send Their...
Started five years ago, Educate Girls aims to get as many girls as possible into school so they can benefit from a good education, improve their lives and become an asset to their communities. And what...
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Rescue Foundation – Saving The Victims of Human Trafficking
We may choose to close our eyes but still the truth remains the same – India is now a key destination and transit point for global trafficking of women and girls! Human trafficking has become the 3rd...
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This 13-Year Old Indian Just Became The Youngest Girl To Climb Mount Everest!
When I was 13, standing on top of my building terrace was probably the most dangerous thing I did and I would just boast about it to everyone in school. My biggest challenge was to finish the homework...
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How They Are Battling Child Marriage In Assam’s Tea Gardens
When Seema’s parents decided to get her married at an early age, she approached her friends and convinced her family to drop the idea. Adolescent Girls Clubs run by ABITA, in partnership with UNICEF,...
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This Girl Said ‘No’ To Getting Married 2 Weeks Before The Ceremony. You Will...
Sujata refused to get married before she turns 18 and convinced her family two weeks before the scheduled wedding to wait for the right time. She is one of the many girls who have learnt to say “No” to...
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A Rape Victim Who Was Abandoned By Her Own Mother Is Now Chasing Her Dreams...
Sita was kidnapped, raped and thrown on a railway track. Abandoned by her own mother, she found a new life in a school which is empowering disadvantaged girls like her to dream big and start a fresh...
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This Team Is Changing The Lives Of Adolescent Girls In Rural India In Just 15...
A 15 days long camp has enabled shy and timid girls to come out in the open, be confident and look at the world with a new perspective. From providing life skills, decision making power and spoken...
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This Four Minute Video Will Change The Way You Look At Girl Child Education...
Why are girls not given an equal opportunity to study and progress like their brothers? Watch this heartwarming and thought provoking video that answers all the questions and shows how educating girls...
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Are You A Father With The “Baap Wali Baat”? Watch This Video To Know What It...
Here is a beautiful and inspirational video by UNICEF India on the importance of the girl child and the vital role a father plays in her life. Extra points to the peppy music and lyrics! Father and...
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A School That Takes Care Of Visually Impaired Girls From Education To Careers...
What started with four students is now a huge residential school that is changing the lives of hundreds of visually impaired girls. It not only provides a safe haven and quality education, but also...
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They no longer roll beedis. Tribal girls in Odisha now dream of becoming...
Away from home, the tribal girls of Odisha are now educating themselves and dreaming big. Their new residential school is like a family which is enabling them to prepare for higher studies and a better...
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This Haryana Village Sarpanch started the ‘Selfie with Daughter’ Campaign to...
The interesting "Selfie with daughter" contest launched in Bibipur village of Haryana is improving the status of the girl child in amazing ways. The contest has received over 500 entries so far and the...
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How One Speech and Hearing Impaired Indian Girl Was Lovingly Raised in...
One girl. Two governments. Millions of well-wishers. This is the story of ‘Geeta’, a speech and hearing impaired girl who has been cared for in Pakistan for the last 15 years, and the search for her...
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She Showed How It Is Possible for ONE Girl to Transform an Entire Village...
Education was the last thing on the minds of Mallahipurva villagers. Especially for girls, who were considered as just extra hands to support the family. But one girl, Gudiya, fought all odds and...
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Over 10,000 Dancers Gathered to Spread a Crucial Message in a Centuries Old...
In India there are two occasions that ensure mass participation: festivals and elections. The occasions, particularly festivals, are of late also being used to spread awareness about social causes. The...
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This Indian Community Celebrates Birth of a Girl Child. Here’s Why It’s Not...
The Bedia community of MP celebrates the birth of a girl child – but for a very different reason. One organization, Samvedna, has decided to intervene and open the gates of education and different...
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A Mobile Based Intervention That Saved Suraiya from Sex Trafficking & Masuda...
This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Mobile4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. Millions of girls in India become victims of domestic violence,...
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Adoption in India: Couples Prefer Girls over Boys
While many states in India have an alarming sex ratio and a large number of girls are still being abandoned and killed, it indeed comes as good news that couples looking to adopt in India prefer girls...
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This Man Wants Girls to Study. Even If He Has to Pay Them to Come to School!
This article is part of a series that covers the finalists of the HCL Grant & made possible by HCL. A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) made his way back to India to work on the issue of girls’ education...
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