SocioStory · 75 stories
Stories of NGOs, social heroes, CSR teams and volunteers from across India. Every one is checked by an editor before it goes live.
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NGO storyWomen & girls
The ‘Scars’ of domestic violence and abuse, although deep-rooted and traumatizing are usually invisible. But, why? Because domestic abuse is understood as a family matter and not as a violation of human rights. Emotional abuse…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
At an early age as a child, Harish Sadani had begun to question about gender roles. He often asked himself; ‘Why was I teased as being a 'sissy’ or ‘girlish’ when my friends and school-classmates found me doing chores at home…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
In 2014, Rudrani Chettri, a transgender rights activist and model was beaten up by a police constable in Shimla because she objected and resisted the police constable when he tried to molest her. Rudrani, along with her friends…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Around 19 years back when Shekhar Mahajan along with like-minded individuals came across the plight of children who were being exploited; they felt an urge to uplift children who were deprived of their basic rights ‘to be…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
“A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves,” stated transgender rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi by adding that ‘Gender, is after all, just Gender’.
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NGO storyWomen & girls
When Anuradha Kapoor closely interacted and experienced the extent of poverty and inequality faced by people in their daily lives, it left a lasting impact on her. Kapoor, almost three decades back, was introduced to a shelter…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Life was not easy for Soumya since her childhood. Being the eldest girl child of the family, she was expected to take care of her younger siblings while her parents went out to work. It was in 2016 when 12-year-old Soumya was…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
While Sania’s father is unemployed, Ojasvi was raised by a single mother. Priyanka’s father is a carpenter and she had to sponsor her own education. While Ranjani’s father is a farmer, Monica’s family is bearing the brunt of the…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
So, what did she do? Sherly started taking self-defence sessions in government schools and for women in rural villages. The techniques that Sherly taught were not only a safety measure but also developed self confidence among…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
A solar pulse thresher for efficiently threshing pulses and grains, a low-cost pot carrier to ease the burden on women, a hand-operated blower for the traditional stoves (chulhas), a load carrying device to distribute load from…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Even after a span of eight years, the date December 16 reminds us of a horrifying and a shocking incident that took place at the national capital. The brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student left the…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
In 2020, she was awarded the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ by the President of India. In 2019, she bagged four gold medals in the 21st Asia Masters Athletics Championship (AMAC) at Malaysia. In 2017, she competed in Poland winning four…
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