Meet our bubbly Tora Rongpi, daughter of a small scale daily wage farmer. She loves wants to be a Forest Officer when she grows up! This energetic 11 yo loves to play different games & meet new people. Join us in encouraging her to achieve her goals, & send her your good wishes.
Anshula Kant's appt. as the MD & CFO of the World Bank has added the name of yet another highly educated Indian Woman to the list of people shining bright at the Intl. level. She's the first woman CFO of the World Bank. https://t.co/dPNaJJdGRe #EducateGirls#WhenGirlsAreEducated
#WhatHappensIf you are born in a poor family, where no one has gone to school & if you are a female? The chances of you getting an #equalopportunity are next to impossible!! This is where @SnehaKarma believes it can help with our Support-A-Girl program. This program was designed
to provide support not just for a girl's education but to help take care of a girl's needs for 12 to 14 years. We have identified many girls that could benefit from our ‘Support-A-Girl’ program but unfortunately,
Girls & women 👩👧can achieve great heights if given the right opportunities, & if they are not held back because of gender stereotypes. An awesome example of moving towards #genderequality in Indian society. Read more https://t.co/ZcXF2e9pNk
#EndStereotype#StopGenderInequality
“I’d cry myself out of anger,” she admitted. “Sometimes, when I was cooking, I’d feel like burning myself.” In the slums of Lucknow, all she wanted was education, much to her father’s bewilderment. Click here to read the state of #girlseducation in India. https://t.co/ldxfdIDngN
Calling for #Volunteers. We are 100% volunteer led non-profit & we're happy to say that with volunteers & donors, we're already making huge impact thru Support-A-Girl, Skills Development, & Social Enterprise programs. Click here to be a volunteer w/ #SKF https://t.co/OYsa95gKny.
Social Enterprise Program is designed to ensure opportunity for the underprivileged girls & women to be self-employed, be independent, & be empowered. Click to see our impact & how u can support us https://t.co/qf4YFi54mZ #SupportGirlEducation#SupportUnderprivilegedWomen#SKC
According to IMF's report Pursuing Women's Economic Empowerment (2018), #genderinequality has direct impact on economic growth, productivity & resilience. It is also associated with higher income inequality which in turn can undermine the sustainability of economic growth. Our
#DidYouKnow? Few #genderinequality indicators in India. The compounding effect of wealth & location also produces large inequalities. In India, for example, a young woman aged 20-24 from a poor, rural household is
• 5.1 times as likely as one from a rich urban household to marry
before the age of 18
• 21.8 times as likely to have never attended school
• 5.8 times as likely to become an adolescent mother
• 1.3 times as likely to have no access to money for her own use
• 2.3 times as likely to report she has no say in how money is spent
27% girls in India are married before 18 & 7% are married before 15. According to UNCIEF, India has the highest number of #childbrides in the world. Check out our programs that #EmpowerUnderprivilegedGirls to overcome poverty & get #EqualOpportunity https://t.co/LNoNb9EX6A
#TeamSKF welcomes Preeti as Google Ads Volunteer. She believes that her volunteering will help people in someway wherever they may be. But WHY us? Becoz she believes in SKF's work!! Click here to know more about our programs & how you can help https://t.co/RNfWBE8d8k. #Volunteer
Her hard work paid off but her 2 older sisters, who were brilliant in studies, were not allowed to complete education & were married off when they were in Class 9. It was heart-breaking to see how their marriages turned out. #MustRead https://t.co/tu1KS7IaXA #SupportGirlEducation
Anjana loves travelling & listening to music. Her father is a farmer, but she wants to be a nurse. She has such progressive thinking & realizes that her village needs a proper clinic. She hopes that someday she can be a nurse in her village.
#SKFBeneficiary#SupportGirlEducation
In Oct 2015 the Indian Govt opened the fighter stream for women. Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi created history by becoming the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly a MiG-21 Bison in a solo sortie. #GenderEquality can do wonders! Read more https://t.co/Dd7mv3Bk3L #WomenPower
#GenderEquality in education boosts female labor force & is needed for sustained economic growth. Do we need to say again that supporting #GirlEducation is the way forward for every nation? We thank our patrons 🙏 who support us. Read the #OECD#Report https://t.co/GgpSi6qOsK