113 million adolescent girls are an invisible population in India. Socio-cultural practices and conditioning deny them their autonomy, a chance to discover their potential and live in a world that meets their needs based on their realities.
To create a gender equitable world, we must amplify the voice, agency and leadership of adolescent girls in India.
The Gender Lab is a non-profit that works towards empowering adolescents and youth in urban and rural communities in India to question existing gender narratives through critical and meaningful engagement within their communities.
This mission is achieved through TGL’s work across three verticals:*women here is inclusive of trans and non binary individuals
This is a school based 20-25 hour program for 13-14 years old adolescent girls in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Jind, Haryana. The program constitutes of classroom learning sessions which focus on leadership, gender and self followed by community action projects on various social issues. We conclude by reflecting and celebrating.
The program is delivered by women, 20-25 years old who are selected as TGL Fellows for a 10 month journey.
The program enables adolescent girls to
With the dream for young women to be independent and live a life based on their own choices, The Gender Lab Fellowship is a space for building their leadership skills, self-awareness, and sisterhood through a multi layered ‘service learning’ model. It is a full-time 10 month fellowship in Mumbai (for women from all over India) and in Jind (for women only from Jind).
The fellowship consists of two parts:
This program engages school going adolescent boys to explore different aspects of masculinities with them and challenge gender stereotypes at the grass root level. Encouraging the boys to share, express, and care, while creating a trusted and safe space for the same, is a core principle of the engagement.
This is a multilingual program that is organized for educators and teachers working with children. The program has so far been organized in 10 languages including English with the intent to create gender inclusive classrooms. You can read more about this program on the HWROB website.
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