Women and girls in the community: SDG 5 Gender Equality

5Women and girls in the community

UPES reaches women and girls around Dehradun with health, education and livelihood programmes.

UPES reaches women and girls around Dehradun with health, education and livelihood programmes that change daily life.

1,200women given reusable menstrual cups and training

1,000+girls reached by Project Sakhi in 10 schools

625+rural women trained by Project Vikalp

16government schools reached by an equality drive

Women from the ground staff and nearby villages received menstrual cups with 90 days of follow-up.
Body-safety sessions taught children in village schools how to stay safe.
Livelihood projects support women artisans, weavers and self-help groups across the region.

Ending period poverty. Project Lakhon Khawahishen, with DivIn Pro, gave reusable menstrual cups, training and 90 days of follow-up to about 1,200 women from the ground staff and villages such as Bakarna, Kharakhet, Pulsani and Dhaulas, with ASHA and Anganwadi workers volunteering.
Girls in school. The student group GS3's Project Sakhi gave 1,200 sanitary pads and menstrual-health sessions to more than 1,000 girls in 10 government schools, and UPES ran an awareness drive on equal rights in 16 government schools.
Keeping children safe. Under the Srijan programme, the School of Law's Legal Aid Clinic and the UPES CSR team ran "Good Touch, Bad Touch" body-safety sessions for students of government schools in Kharakhet, Misrapatti, Kandoli and Harriawala villages.
Women's livelihoods. Project Vikalp has trained more than 625 rural women since 2015; Project Artisan supports women weavers in Ladakh; HILL builds skills and livelihoods for women across the Himalaya; and Mulya Creation, a Dehradun start-up, trains local women artisans to make eco-dyed fabric.