India
In India, AJWS focuses on three critical issues: ending the practice of child marriage, advancing the rights of women, girls and LGBTQI+ people, and increasing access to food, land, water and other natural resources that communities depend on for survival.
Activists Up Close: Meet Samreen, Who’s Empowering Women in India to Find Work and Follow Their Dreams
Samreen grew up Lucknow, India, in a household where her mother wasn’t allowed to do…
Alpa’s Journey: Becoming a rickshaw driver and challenging gender roles in India
For most of her life, 20-year-old Meriya Alpa Ramjibhai grew up doing what was expected…
Learning about technology, learning about themselves: Women build their own lives in India
Sadbhavana Trust’s Leadership, Gender and Technology program combines leadership training with digital and technical skills…