Reaching out to over 132 million people in districts of Gaya, Ranchi and Hazaribagh in Bihar and Jharkhand, Breakthrough has made significant progress towards our goal of ending the practice of early marriage. We understand that a shift in mindset and cultural norms is what will trigger tangible change.
Reaching out to over 132 million people in districts of Gaya, Ranchi and Hazaribagh in Bihar and Jharkhand, Breakthrough has made significant progress towards our goal of ending the practice of early marriage. We understand that a shift in mindset and cultural norms is what will trigger tangible change.
Breakthrough’s Adolescent Empowerment project in Gaya could not reach its fruition because of some technical reasons and also because of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the Baseline survey which was conducted to establish a frame of reference for us to be able to monitor the progress of the programme is an important report. It offers deep […]
An integral component of Breakthrough’s work with adolescents (11-18 years) towards achieving our goal of making violence against women unacceptable is our school based programme – ‘Taaron Ki Toli’ or Legion of Stars. The programme engages with adolescents through a curriculum which enables them to recognise and understand gender discrimination in their lives, adopt gender […]
In 2016, Breakthrough started it’s ‘Adolescent Empowerment Program’ (AEP) in Uttar Pradesh, which was supported by Ikea Foundation. It ran till 2021 in 6 districts: Lucknow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar. We wanted to empower approximately 150,000 adolescents’ girls and boys aged 11-19 years to be able to do one important thing: demand […]
In 2016, Breakthrough started it’s ‘Adolescent Empowerment Program’ (AEP) in Uttar Pradesh, which was supported by Ikea Foundation. It ran till 2021 in 6 districts: Lucknow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar. We wanted to empower approximately 150,000 adolescents’ girls and boys aged 11-19 years to be able to do one important thing: demand […]
In 2016, Breakthrough started it’s ‘Adolescent Empowerment Program’ (AEP) in Uttar Pradesh, which was supported by Ikea Foundation. It ran till 2021 in 6 districts: Lucknow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar. We wanted to empower approximately 150,000 adolescents’ girls and boys aged 11-19 years to be able to do one important thing: demand […]
In 2016, Breakthrough started it’s ‘Adolescent Empowerment Program’ (AEP) in Uttar Pradesh, which was supported by Ikea Foundation. It ran till 2021 in 6 districts: Lucknow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar. We wanted to empower approximately 150,000 adolescents’ girls and boys aged 11-19 years to be able to do one important thing: demand […]
In 2016, Breakthrough started it’s ‘Adolescent Empowerment Program’ (AEP) in Uttar Pradesh, which was supported by Ikea Foundation. It ran till 2021 in 6 districts: Lucknow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddharth Nagar. We wanted to empower approximately 150,000 adolescents’ girls and boys aged 11-19 years to be able to do one important thing: demand […]
Last year, a series of cases of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, psychological) of girls within shelter homes came out. It started with the Muzaffarpur case and then was followed by Deoria, Bhopal, Delhi and more. Breakthrough works with adolescents on the issue of violence against women and girls. Very often, the home is a space […]
