On 19th September 2019, spent a power-packed day at the CII Foundation 's Indian Women Network's #WomenNation Summit - #BreakingBoundaries where Deepa Pawar spoke about her personal and community's historical struggles for identity, dignity, expression, basic rights and equal opportunities even today in 2019.Being the sole NGO representative to speak at this prestigious conclave of women middle and top managers of corporate India, … Continue reading Founder Deepa Pawar presents at CII Foundation’s Women Nation Summit
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Scholarships to Ensure Continuation in Higher Education
Scholarships are most commonly given on the basis of merit; however, exam percentage is often based on socio-economic status which is not possible for youth in communities who actually need financial support. Youth from vulnerable and marginalised communities not only need financial support but also moral support which can be provided by even a small … Continue reading Scholarships to Ensure Continuation in Higher Education
Tweet Chat on Social Justice with Mental Health: World Suicide Prevention Day
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What inspires a grassroot woman leader? – Interview of Deepa by RiseUp
Proud to share Founder Director Deepa Pawar's interview by Rise Up for Girls highlighting what motivates her to work for gender justice in higher education and economic empowerment of girls and young women in India: https://riseuptogether.org/meet-collective-impact-partnership-leader-deepa-pawar/ She is one of the 20 women leaders in the Rise Up Collective Impact Partnership - who are working … Continue reading What inspires a grassroot woman leader? – Interview of Deepa by RiseUp
Youth Meet 2019
Anubhuti started the “Youth Meet” last year in 2018 around the occasion of India’s Independence Day on 15th August. This day is of special significance - not only historically as the day India gained freedom from colonial rule but also the day we took responsibility and leadership as an independent State, adopted a democratic system … Continue reading Youth Meet 2019
Inter-State Collaboration – Training with DPOs of Rajasthan
Founder Deepa Pawar was invited as a trainer for a two-day residential training on 23rd & 24th July 2019 on 'Strengthening Community Based Institution by Empowering Women with Disabilities with Special Focus on SDG, UNCRPD & RPWDA'. This was primarily on Gender and Rights including including Mental Health rights with 40 disability rights activists (themselves … Continue reading Inter-State Collaboration – Training with DPOs of Rajasthan
Mental Health Justice & Empowerment in Higher Education
"I was utterly alone, guilty, confused, angry, dejected.. when I could not continue into college even after standing second in my school in class 12. For want of a few thousand rupees. No one could understand my humiliation then - not friends, not teachers. My family was struggling for basic needs in which a college … Continue reading Mental Health Justice & Empowerment in Higher Education
‘Goal-Path’ Planning Workshop with Raahi
On the 22nd of June, Members of Raahi Youth Network got together for a session on creating their goals, in order to achieve their dreams of the future. The session led by Deepa Pawar was very intensive, positively pushing the youth to explore their capacities to achieve their objectives. It was very encouraging to see how many of the … Continue reading ‘Goal-Path’ Planning Workshop with Raahi
Training with iCall Counsellors
Today, Deepa Pawar of Anubhuti facilitated a training with the counselling and research team of iCall - a mental health helpline - based out of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. This was a collaboration initiated by the Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI) - our community and school mental health projects funder - and The Blue … Continue reading Training with iCall Counsellors
“Express to Access” Girls’ Cricket Championship
On the 1st of June, for the first time not just in Kolegaon but the entire surrounding region of 27 villages - there was an all-girls' cricket match! The match was between Kolegaon's first girls' cricket team and Bamanwada's first girls' cricket team - breaking the myth that girls don't play cricket at the community … Continue reading “Express to Access” Girls’ Cricket Championship