Dudes of the Day: Afghan Men
Reporting by Jan Harvey; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani and Paul Tait Being a feminist in Afghanistan isn’t always easy, even for a man. Kabul university student Ferdous Samim has had trouble persuading even his own mother that the work he does pushing for women’s rights is worthwhile. “Part of the problem in Afghanistan is that most women think like men,” [...]
Breakthrough presents ”Mahila Hakkina Mela”
Along with Aware Trust, Breakthrough launches a Naari Adaalath for fast tracking cases on Domestic Violence Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! Campaign against domestic violence will take a step ahead with the formation of a Naari Adaalath in Tumkur on the 13th of May, 2011. This initiative came in partnership with Aware Trust.The daylong “Mahila Hakkina Mela” [...]
Pyaari Maa
Mother’s Day 2011 is almost here! This Day is a great occasion for us to honor and thank the woman who gave us life, continues to give us love and look after us in many ways that she can. This is a very special Mother’s Day for us as we have successfully completed the second [...]
Breakthrough Launches Chatpati Chat!
Breakthrough launches an exciting social mobile platform called Chatpati Chat for Rights Advocates in Lucknow.
“The Weather Couldn’t Bring Down the Spirits against Domestic Violence”
Amrita travelled with the video van as a Breakthrough volunteer during the video van movement in New Delhi. In this blog, she shares her experience with how the van is received by women in college and general public in other parts of Delhi.
In her wonderland…
Read about Piali’s adventure with the video van in Uttar Pradesh.
Bell Bajao! Video Van – A Successful Take Off from Kanpur
Check out all the action in the winter launch of the Bell Bajao! Video Van in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Breakthrough Rights Advocate in World Youth Conference, Mexico
The conference on Young Women’s Forum began from the 24th of August till the 28th of August, 2010 in a town called Leon, 500 kilometers away from Mexico City. Leon is well known for its leather goods production like shoes, purse and other arts and crafts. The currency of Mexico is called ‘Peso’. The Government of Mexico sponsored this World Youth Conference which was attended by youth from the country and worldwide (…)
Sarita Rang the Bell, did you?
Sarita took the Breakthrough training in Nov’09. Before the training she had never heard of domestic violence or gender issue. She knew that women get beaten up but didn’t know how to articulate that as a rights violation and didn’t know what to do about it. After the training she felt empowered. One of the [...]
16 days of Activism: What is violence?
The United Nations defines ‘violence against women‘ as Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. In a recently concluded 3 [...]
