5 March, 2010 by admin | Topics: blog
CRIME: BEARING A GIRL CHILD, VERDICT: UNPARDONABLE OFFENSE.

Dr. Mitu Khurana refused to abort her twin daughters when she was falsely tricked into a sex determination test by Dr.Kamal Khurana, her husband and also a doctor himself. Mitu’s story of struggle began here. Her staunch refusal to abort her children led her husband to eventually throw her out of their house. At other [...]

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9 February, 2010 by admin | Topics: Bell Bajao Videos, In the News
Bell Bajao goes to Pakistan

The impact of the Bell Bajao campaign is surely larger than we thought.
The three TV spots created by Ogilvy & Mather featuring campaign ambassador popular actor Boman Irani  has not only reached 132 million people through television, radio and press in India they have also had unprecedented impact across the Globe.
Inspired by our videos artists [...]

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20 January, 2010 by admin | Topics: Events
Event Announcement: Breakthrough Anganwadi Mela, Mangalore

On 23rd January 2010 Mangalore will see a great conglomeration of inspirational women from various parts of the Dakshina Kannada district talking about ways to end domestic violence and discuss the case of Lt Shamshad. This open event is being organized by Breakthrough in partnership with about 300 to 400 Anganwadi workers from 9 Blocks in [...]

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19 January, 2010 by admin | Topics: Events
Fashion for a cause:Get your Bell Bajao T-shirt today

We kicked off our 10th anniversary in absolute style. The first Breakthrough event of the year, first time in Mumbai, was a great success. Attended by some of the coolest people from the fashion industry it was fashion event for a cause, in true breakthrough style. We at Breakthrough are constantly breaking the norms and [...]

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12 January, 2010 by admin | Topics: blog
Beaten up every now and then, even during chemotherapy – Somebody Ring the Bell

We received this email directly from a victim of domestic violence in Abu Dhabi. She has been living with violence for long being beaten up in every few months. We are sharing her story with you, hoping somebody in her neighborhood would ring the bell and bring a halt. Unless somebody will come forward and [...]

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6 January, 2010 by admin | Topics: In the News
Event Announcement: Fashion for a cause, special Bell Bajao clothing

On the occasion of Breakthrough’s 10th year of activism, the male voices from fashion fraternity have come together to raise awareness on domestic violence against women by creating special line of clothing and accessories.
3 leading designers, Aki Narula, Lecoanet Hemant and Narendra Kumar have created bespoke items like Bell Bajao T-shirts and Bags.
On January 13th, [...]

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30 November, 2009 by admin | Topics: In the News
Peace is loud: Many Voices one story

Peace is loud has joined the 16 days of activism by doing something very interesting. They are honoring 16 amazing women across the world who are committed to bring a change in this world by empowering women and by talking the language of peace.
Based out of New York, the organization’s mission is to “support female [...]

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27 November, 2009 by admin | Topics: Events, In the News, Social Media Buzz
16 Days of Activism:Social media roundup

The international ‘16 days of Activism against gender based violence’ kicked off across the world on 25th Nov emphasizing on the inclusion of woman rights within the real of human rights.
The international campaign originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University in [...]

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26 November, 2009 by admin | Topics: Events
16 days of Activism: Some questions around Moral Panic!

When the famous Bollywood film Khalnayak (Villan, 1993) was released there was an outcry in the nation protesting against the obscenity and vulgarity of the song ‘choli ke peeche’ featuring two women, (Neena Gupta and Madhuri Dixit) singing to each other in erotic banter with a silent male audience.
Before the 1990s, women in Hindi cinema [...]

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