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 direct [...]
4.35 pm – Ms. Vani took the stage again for the final session and sought insights from the participants. A couple of them aired their opinions and said the event was a great learning experience. Before the session came to an end, there was a group song on Sthree Shakti with very good lyrics.
I would [...]
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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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, [...]
One of our rights advocates, Kaamini rang the bell.
Kaamini lives in a slum near the Shivaji Nagar area of Bangalore, India. She along with the help of few more girls, all of who have atteded a breakthrough leadership training, took action against a man who used to always get drunk and create nuisance in [...]
I am thrilled to announce that our campaign Bell Bajao have recently been on the main stage of the much prestigious TED India conference. Breakthrough founder Mallika Dutt gave a 3 min audience talk on the 2nd day of TED India conference, recently concluded in Mysore.
Mallika spoke briefly about the rampant domestic violence faced by [...]
We are pleased to announce that NDTV Imagine has joined hands with Bell Bajao to take up the cause of domestic violence via their popular show ‘Jyoti.’
It is praise worthy that TV show such as ‘Jyoti’ is taking up pertinent causes such as domestic violence.
‘Jyoti’ is the story of a strong independent young girl from [...]
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