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    The Intricacies of a Sport and the Skills it Teaches

    July 1, 2024

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Faith Foundation’s Insights This is one of three stories part of a case study on how Shadhika’s Partners have found sports to be an effective tool for community mobilization and youth engagement. Read the other stories here and here. This is a story of impact for not just one, but many adolescent girls that Shadhika’s   

    Finding Joy in Times of Conflict

    Reading Time: 2 minutes A Story From the Centre for Women and Girls in Manipur This is one of three stories part of a case study on how Shadhika’s Partners have found sports to be an effective tool for community mobilization and youth engagement. Read the other stories here and here. During 2023-24 India’s northeastern state of Manipur witnessed   

    Breaking Down Walls

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Khushboo’s Story from Vikalp in Rajasthan This is one of three stories part of a case study on how Shadhika’s Partners have found sports to be an effective tool for community mobilization and youth engagement. Read the other stories here and here. Khushboo Nath is a young girl from Dadiya Village in Rajasthan. Before her   

    When She Leads: Karthika*

    Reading Time: 2 minutes This interview is part of our When She Leads: Shadhika Scholar collection. Learn more. *Name changed for privacy Karthika* is 23 years old and from Nagenahalli, in Karnataka. Karthika’s mother was forced into the devadasi system and works as an agricultural laborer. Karthika has faced immense pressure from her family to also be forced into the illegal and   

    When She Leads: Karina

    Reading Time: 2 minutes This interview is part of our When She Leads: Shadhika Scholar collection. Learn more. Karina Khatun is a Scholar from Shadhika’s Partner Jabala Action Research Organization in West Bengal. Karina is from a minority community in Kolkata and has been engaged with Jabala since her childhood. Jabala was integral to ensuring that she was not forced in child   

    The first Gender Fair in Varanasi

    Reading Time: 3 minutes March 10, 2024 was a historic day for gender justice in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. To commemorate the International Women’s Day and Savitribai Phule Parinirvana Day, Shadhika’s partners Asian Bridge India (ABI) and Grameen Punarnirman Santhan (GPS) organized Varanasi’s first ever Gender Fair. For 15 years, Asian Bridge India has been dedicated to promoting gender equality