By Danish Iqbal
Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.
Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.
By Manoj Choudhary
Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.
Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.
By Manoj Choudhary
A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.
A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Findings of a report highlight that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the already existing gender-based disparities for the girl child in India. From access to healthcare to nutrition, the female adolescents received the brunt of an unequal society during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in India. Details here.
Findings of a report highlight that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the already existing gender-based disparities for the girl child in India. From access to healthcare to nutrition, the female adolescents received the brunt of an unequal society during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in India. Details here.
By Shivani Gupta
For young girls in villages, education is a luxury. But most of them are forced to discontinue their studies even before completing secondary education. Besides safety issues, there are many reasons behind their dropping out. In order to understand the roadblocks, Gaon Connection interviewed many girls in villages in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh
For young girls in villages, education is a luxury. But most of them are forced to discontinue their studies even before completing secondary education. Besides safety issues, there are many reasons behind their dropping out. In order to understand the roadblocks, Gaon Connection interviewed many girls in villages in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh
By Vineet Srivastava
Vineet Srivastava is an assistant teacher at the Khairahna Primary School in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district. In his village, child marriage used to be a common practice for the girls in the past, but now they have started studying. He is sharing how this was made possible.
Vineet Srivastava is an assistant teacher at the Khairahna Primary School in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district. In his village, child marriage used to be a common practice for the girls in the past, but now they have started studying. He is sharing how this was made possible.
By Rajesh Khandelwal
A government school teacher in Alwar, Rajasthan, took it upon herself to teach self-defence to young girls so that they may never walk in fear. Asha Suman has so far taught self defence to more than 30,000 girls including 300 visually impaired and speech and hearing impaired ones, and women constables.
A government school teacher in Alwar, Rajasthan, took it upon herself to teach self-defence to young girls so that they may never walk in fear. Asha Suman has so far taught self defence to more than 30,000 girls including 300 visually impaired and speech and hearing impaired ones, and women constables.
By Kuldeep Chhangani
Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls High School in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan not only imparts free education and healthy meals to rural girls but is also an architectural marvel built with traditional wisdom.
Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls High School in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan not only imparts free education and healthy meals to rural girls but is also an architectural marvel built with traditional wisdom.
By Nidhi Jamwal
Addressing female literacy and girls education remains a challenge in remote villages of Rajasthan. Sakhiyon Ki Baadi, a community-based learning initiative, is bringing tribal girls to the school.
Addressing female literacy and girls education remains a challenge in remote villages of Rajasthan. Sakhiyon Ki Baadi, a community-based learning initiative, is bringing tribal girls to the school.
By Manoj Choudhary
Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.
Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.