In Editorial

2016 at a Glance

By Sohini Bhattacharya 3rd February, 2017

Breakthrough inspires a whole new generation – the Breakthrough Generation – men & women, boys & girls, to be strong, smart, and bold in ac...

In Framing Change, The Breakthrough Voice

“If women go out to work, will men stay at home?!”

By Richa Singh 23rd January, 2017

“If women go out to work, will men stay at home?!”, said a man. There are a set of rules which form the bedrock of a patriarchal system. A public p...

In Impact Stories

Working towards a normative change

By Mousumi Kundu 24th November, 2016

In India, historically the condition of the girl child in Punjab and Haryana has been among the worst. According to the Census of 2001, Punjab had ...

In Framing Change, In Focus

No Common Ground?

By Richa Singh 7th September, 2016

It was the beginning of a new day and it had had an early start. I had to travel to Panipat for a field visit from Delhi to get a better sense of B...

In In Focus

The journey from a segregated space to an inclusive space

By Naresh Kumar 2nd September, 2016

I was born and brought up in rural Haryana. I have had a mixed experience as far as segregation is concerned. During the first ten years of my life...

In In Focus, हिंदी

शिक्षा के स्थलों में लड़का लड़की अलग क्यों?

By Pankaj Kumar 1st September, 2016

सोनीपत ज़िला एजुकेशन हब के नाम से भी जाना जाता है जिसका कारण यहाँ सरकारी और गैर सरकारी कॉलेज का होना और उसके साथ साथ टेक्निकल एवम मैनेजमेंट के भी कॉ...

In In Focus, हिंदी

आओ बस स्टैंड के माहौल व बसों के सफर को सुरक्षित व हसीन बनाएँ

By Sanjay Kumar 29th August, 2016

रोज़ाना सैंकड़ों-हजारों लड़के लड़कियों को पढ़ाई के लिए व अन्य लोगों को नौकरी व अन्य काम के लिए गांव से शहर आना व शहर से गांव जाना पड़ता है। गांव में श...

In In Focus

The Right Choice

By Breakthrough Team 15th July, 2016

For the uninitiated, ‘Taaron Ki Toli’, a program by Breakthrough, is a network of youth clubs in Haryana, which focuses on bringing about gender eq...

In In Focus

Equal Opportunities – What if…

By Breakthrough Team 5th July, 2016

As I mentioned in one of the previous blog posts in this series, Haryana is one of the worst affected states (in India) for gender-biased sex selec...

In In Focus

Careers: a Child’s Choice or an Imposition?

By Breakthrough Team 1st July, 2016

Last week, I had mentioned about our on-ground program Taaron Ki Toli and how we are using the IVRS Radio medium for the program, to strengthen our...