Ending Child Marriage: Story Collection
Each year, 15 million girls worldwide are married before the age of 18—sometimes against their will. AJWS supports efforts to end child marriage by bringing girls and young women together to define their own futures.
“I felt a power rising in me”: A young woman in India claims her independence
Anima Mondal was in eighth grade when her parents announced they’d found a man to…
The First Woman Engineer in Mewat: This AJWS Partner is Smashing Indian Gender Norms
Today, 25-year-old Shabnam Khan is a minor celebrity in Mewat — a rural region of…
Facing online blackmail and sexual harassment, Indian women’s rights activists refuse to cower
Santoshi is the youngest of seven siblings in a family where none of her older…
Three Women, Endless Impact: Thoughtshop Foundation empowers young leaders to tear down India’s patriarchy
“We always start with a question — that’s where everything begins,” says Himalini Varma,…
A different future: One mother’s fight for her daughters’ education in India
In Medabas village in rural Mewat, India, no girl had ever finished high school —…
We Want Respect & Rights, Not Sympathy and Charity: Celebrating International Women’s Day in India
Pooja Gurjar is a young woman from Rajasthan. She was married off at the age…