An initiative to give a platform to the voices of women and adolescent girls
Garima Manch, a highly impactful and transformative initiative under the Garima Project of Main Sankalp Ek Prayas, aims to provide an empowering platform to adolescent girls and women in rural areas where they can not only share their views, problems and experiences but also openly communicate on issues related to gender discrimination, inequality in education, lack of health awareness and social development prevalent in the society.
This platform gives women an opportunity to raise their voice and makes them realize that they are active participants of the society and not just spectators. The role of Garima Didi is very important in this platform, who not only guides but also makes adolescent girls and women aware by organizing informative sessions on various topics such as menstrual hygiene, child marriage, domestic violence, self-reliance, leadership development, digital literacy and information about government schemes etc.
Program Features
- Safe and sensitive platform: Where women can speak their mind without hesitation.
- Local Leadership: Trained women leaders in the form of Garima Didi who come from the community and have a good understanding of the local culture.
- Group based awareness: Knowledge and experiences are shared through group discussions and workshops.
- Community participation: Gender equality is explained broadly to include men and other community members as well.
Impact
- Confidence and leadership skills have increased among teenage girls
- Women are now participating more actively in panchayat and village level decisions.
- Taboo topics like menstruation, education and health are now being discussed openly.
Garima Manch is not just a medium of communication but a powerful wave of social change. This platform gives an identity to adolescent girls and women as well as shows them the path to become capable and self-reliant. This initiative is breaking the silence prevailing in the society and creating a new thinking and a new direction, where every girl and every woman can live her life with dignity.
“Voices rose from the dignity stage, change resonated in the society.”