“Anna Ki Attu, Naaku Thittu…”
A Telugu folk song sung by a girl who speaks about going hungry while the boy gets the best of the food.
Discrimination is a way of life - in thoughts, actions and most importantly emotions. Cultural conditioning has resulted in women devaluing themselves and this is passed on from generation to generation. Ending this discrimination against girls and women is a difficult task because the society and even the women themselves continue to accept the current situation as normal.
With immense efforts for over 30 years, we have made significant progress.
Advocate
Rights Education to
3,97,959
Women
Before Manabidda and Abhaya
25,000
Women
Through ORCS in Abhaya Project
44,627
Women
Village meetings in Manabidda
1,05,000
Women
​ASHAs, health workers, and community leaders trained
1,126
Women
MHM training in Flipkart Project
800
Women
School-based programs in Manabidda
22,500
Women
College sensitization meetings in Abhaya
56,000+
Women
Coalition Group members (Abhaya)
67,000+
Women
Police, lawyers, and doctors sensitized
475
Women
Outreach via Childline program
75,309
Women
Awareness is the key driver of change
Many folks in and around Kadapa don’t know what’s possible. They have only seen daughters being a burden and families left in poverty and debt after paying dowries. They have seen their daughters being humiliated and beaten after marriage. They are unaware of the laws protecting women and don’t know how to access them.
Information is power and lack of information creates extreme hardship for all concerned, especially women. The lack of information about their rights, facilities and health services available to them makes them helpless and dependent. Keeping this in mind we have been concentrating on outreach programmes in an effort to educate the community.
We believe that the future lies in the value system of the next generation.
Our Intervention
If we can positively impact the way men think about women and women think about themselves, we can bring about a lasting change.
Revati’s Story
Revati came to Aarti Home in 2002 as a trainee for a tailoring program. She is now a counsellor and a change-maker in Bayanapalli, a small village in Kadapa district. She leads conversations on women working, girls being educated and campaigns against dowry - a personal crusade for her.
