Childhood sexual abuse and incest are problems deep-rooted in the gender discrimination and patriarchy latently practised in India. The RAHI Foundation considers it their very duty to bring this iniquity to light for attaining justice. The ‘newborn’ RAHI (Recovery And Healing Incest) has gained inconceivably strong support all over India. It is the only organisation …
Category Archives: Commendable Women’s Organisations
#TRIBUTES- 2. GULABI GANG
Members of this vigilante group, founded in 2006, stand largely against domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women. It was initially founded with the motive of engendering gender parity in rural, or India’s most impoverished, areas. The focus of the group remains the same even today, despite the wide reach it has now …
#TRIBUTES- 1. BRAHMA KUMARIS
The spiritual organisation led by, run by and comprising a majority of women, is unquestionably an inspiration and an encouragement to women all over the world. What started out as a team of no more than 50 spiritual workers in 1936, today, has risen to international fame with more than 8500 centres in India and …