Women Empowerment
India’s First Woman Firefighter Broke Gender Barriers, Inspired Millions to Dream!
“No field of work belongs to any gender. A bike, for example, doesn’t know if a man or woman is riding it.” #EndTheStereotype In 2006, 26-year-old Harshini Kanhekar became the first woman in 46 years to graduate from the National Fire Service College (NFSC) in Nagpur and consequently, became India’s first Woman Fire Fighter. Harshini …
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Ecological Training Is Empowering India’s Tribal Women
Training for tribal and nontribal forest-dwelling women in the Indian state of Odisha is making a difference. It is not often heard that an 18-year-old adivasi (or tribal) young woman in India is working successfully in the field of animal husbandry. Yet, that is the story of Dashmi Pratika, from Kurmijodi Nuagaon village of Chandrapur block in Odisha’s …
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