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We’re proud to share that our Executive Director, Shrutika Shitole, has been selected as a member of the Mission Vatsalya Committee under ‘शासन आपल्या दारी (Government at Your Doorstep)’ by Panchayat Samiti, Vikramgad.

Who gets to shape decisions for children and women?

NEW PAPER 👇authors from @TuftsMedSchool and @PUKARMUMBAI demonstrate the impact of the differing designation of slums in Mumbai as notified (legally recognized) and non-notified (legally unrecognized) on households' varying access to urban water provision journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

New research alert 🚨 PUKAR's Youth Fellows have spent nearly a year researching about fascinating topics. We warmly invite you to our exhibition and graduation ceremony at @TISSpeak, Mumbai to learn more.

Introducing Dr Anita Patil-Deshmukh, Executive Director at @PUKARMUMBAI . She spoke on S02E02 about how we can re-think #governance in our cities. 🎧 to this episode via the link: ow.ly/2TXS50J8mXv #urbanisation #sustainablecities #sdgs #esg #education

#BuildTogether | Gender equity is integral to Adivasi communities. For instance, this video shows how household chores are not considered a gendered activity in their culture, and that it is common for men to carry out tasks like cooking meals for the family. @PUKARMUMBAI

each of the communities along with her photographer Pradeep Dhivar. The experience of speaking to her helped the girls increase their confidence and articulation skills. Read the article: mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day…

Today's issue of @mid_day covers the steadfast efforts of 115 girls from Mandala, Dharavi and Kaula Bandar who are a part of PUKAR's @riseupforgirls and Cummins program. We enjoyed speaking to journalist and published author @janeborges9 who spent the entire day visiting ...

We are immensely proud to announce that @PUKARMUMBAI has been selected as one of #GROW’s100 – a collection of stellar grassroots organisations from across India! To know more, visit: edelgive-growfund.org/grow-100/ #GROW #100NGOs #EdelGive @EdelGive

We recount her struggles to counter these pressures for a chance for her sister and her to focus on their education and growth. See the images to read the story written by our colleague Pratiksha.

We wanted to share the experience of a 14-year old girl participant of our Journey Towards Program who was concerned when her 16-year old sister Rukhsar* was facing severe pressures to get married.

one is from a minority religion. Four graduated from Ashramshalas themselves. All of them will bring their insights to their training and are committed to creating a holistic learning environment for 878 students.

We welcome Rupesh, Ravish, Suvarna, Pooja, Vinod, Bhai, Ashwini, Shrutika, Kajal, and Simran to the PUKAR community. It was important for us to hire a team that is representative of the students we work with-- thus, 7 out of 10 members are Adivasis, 2 are OBCs and ...

“Main upar chalta ho toh sabko saath main leke jaat ho.” “Facilitator ko sabko equally treat karna chahiye.” Our newly inducted facilitators illustrated values that are important for them as they embark on a journey to instil gender transformative attitudes with boys.

Does conducting interviews excite you? Are you interested in critical research methodologies and education? If yes, read our job listing for more details and get in touch with us! bit.ly/team-pukar

and small group-based activities encouraged the participation of those who might be quiet in large groups. @RiseUp @CumminsIndia

preventing girls from studying past 8th standard, harassment and the treatment of girls more generally as “parai dhan” (liability). Girls became increasingly articulate about issues and their causes and effects as the session moved along, ...

“Girls don’t get to complete their dreams.” At the start of our session, girls in Kaula Bandar who were vocal shared that they didn’t face problems because of their gender. However, their peers in the session challenged their statements, and noted issues such as ...

मैं जाके वहा रेहने वाले लोग कोनसे caste से है, कोनसे religion से है , कोनसे occupation करते है और अपने रोज मराक्की जिंदगी मैं कोणसे issues face कर रहे है वहा जाके उनहोनें observe किया।

अपनी आसपास की community को research के lens के through देखने का मौका हमारे fellows को मिला। हमारे fellows Mumbai के अलग अलग जगहों पे रेहते है। पर field visit के लिये groups के साथ मिलके उन्हे किसीं specific community like Gautam Nagar, Behram Pada, Sathe Nagar, etc ...