More power to EMpower and Girl’s Advisory Council 2019!

More power to EMpower and Girl’s Advisory Council 2019!

It was an interesting quarter for Learning Community and Yuva Manthan program as CORO’s young leader Nikita was chosen as the board member at Empower’s Girl’s Advisory Council 2019. In the selection process, the participating 14 organisations were asked to share any...
More power to EMpower and Girl’s Advisory Council 2019!

Child rights and policies now in place, in Nandurbar

The Gram Sabha chief gave an approval to host Child Assembly in Lahan Kadvan, Nandurbar. On October 29th, 2018 the Gram Sabha meeting was organised in Lahan Kadvan, Nandurbar. CORO has been working in this village for quiet some time now. VCPC was held here on 28th...
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Stepping Into a better life – Ashalata Pandey

It does no good, to dwell on the past and a clear example of this can be found in Ashalata Pandey, a mother of two who was abandoned by her husband at the age of twenty-five. When asked how she managed to lead the arrangements for a single women conference titled...
Lata Sawant, breaking social norms fearlessly!

Lata Sawant, breaking social norms fearlessly!

Lata Sawant, leader of our Single Women campaign, from Beed is an emotional person and speaks limited. But through her action she has set a courageous example which has solid potential to make thousands of people reflect on their action. In India, approximately ten...
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Striving for justice against all the odds

My name is Hina and I am from a far-flung village in Uttar Pradesh near the Nepal border. When I married at 20, I was training to be a paramedic. I hoped for a happy and long life with my husband. But my husband, Imtiyaz, had a doubtful character from the beginning....
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Single Women Campaign – A Journey of 7 years

“Single women’s issues are severely neglected and their violation and suppression is not even recognised within families or communities.” The Single Women campaign arose when the 2011 cohort of QGLDP fellows decided to come together to work for pertinent, region-wise...