Our Goals
Change the gender narrative for the rights of women and marginalised people for a dignified life and a violence-free society.
Support youth in understanding and articulating their gender-based experiences to address inequalities and be active citizens.
Our Outcomes
- Youth feel empowered to change personal behaviour for gender equality and take up social actions for collective change.
- Gender norms are challenged to bring about policy shifts in state and other agencies.
- Alliances are built to expand social impact for a violence-free society.
Our Approaches
Participatory learning to understand and impact behaviour of people for gender equality.
Create gender-relevant material and tools for learning and dissemination.
Amplify voices for policy changes and for gender equality in society.
Our Values
Equality
Ensure equal opportunity for all, regardless of caste, class, gender, race, disability, or religion.
Dignity
We stand with women, the marginalised and disadvantaged people for change.
Solidarity
We stand with women, the marginalised and disadvantaged people for change.
Integrity
Uphold honesty, transparency, accountability and ethical behaviour.
3 Dimensional Vision Of Change
Our team is small but our dreams are not. At Akshara, all of us want to create – and participate in – a society where all women can live a violence-free, dignified life with no discrimination. We dream of a society in which we can be creative and productive members.
No matter how expansive a dream, it takes action to bring it to life. So, Akshara focuses on empowering women and girls with education, productive work and resistance to violence in their lives and make them strong and independent contributing members to society.
We have a three-dimensional vision for change:
- Changing hearts and minds of young women and men
- Impacting public attitudes
- Collaborating with government bodies to ensure gender justice
We carry out this mission through a variety of programs.
