Empowering and Protecting Slum Girls

As a daughter of a street food vendor, Kirti, 15, a 10th grade student at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya (Girls School) at Sangam Vihar, Delhi. Living below poverty line and with two younger siblings at home, Kirti is also forced to live a restricted life due to her family's patriarchy rule. She wanted to learn Tae Kwon Do but the sport-outfit didn't go well with the orthodox values. Morally she was down. Fortunately, she signed up for Sukarya's Gender Equality Program in her school which helped her to understand the importance of gender equality, girl’s rights, right to select her own career etc. The series of training sessions helped in clearing her doubts and also provided encouragement to pursue her dreams of becoming a martial arts specialist. In the process, she Came first winning the title at the National Open Competition of Tae Kwon Do held at Firozabad (U.P).  She has not only worked on herself but is also now active and vocal within her family and community. She appreciates the help and knowledge she gained from the Gender Equality Program and we are also happy to see her grow and succeed.

Summary of the Project: Quarterly Report 

 
Number of communities identified for intervening the Gender Project - 2
Number of schools identified for intervening the Gender Projects - 2
Number of batches operated during the month - 6
Number of  batches operated across the Schoolls - 4
Number of trainings conducted at Schools - 19
Number of participants attended the training sessions at school - 877
Number of batches operated across the community - 2
Number of Trainings conducted at Community - 10
Number of Participants attended the training sessions at community - 407
Participants attended the training sessions across the Schools and Community - 1284
Number of regular participants attending the session across community batches  - 81
Number of regular participants attending the session across school batches - 184
Number of Parents orientation sessions held during the month at community - 2
Number of Parents Participants attended the Orientation sessions in community 100
Number of teachers orientation sessions held during the month at school - 4
Number of Teachers Participants attended the Orientation sessions in School - 8
Number of lead girls identified and developed across the batches - 8
Number of orientation and capacity building sessions held with lead girls - 3
Number of lead girls participated in orientationand capacity building sessions - 8
Number of Community meetings to prepare batch across community - 22
Number of girls enrolled in Computer Class - 20

Links:

• facebook page
• LinkedIn page
• Twitter handle