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  • Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education

    Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 29, 2023 · 08:55 am
  • Watch: Lajjo the buffalo asks for a different future for Lajjo the girl in this public service ad

    Watch: Lajjo the buffalo asks for a different future for Lajjo the girl in this public service ad

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 18, 2022 · 09:49 am
  • Watch this 17-year-old Kerala footballer display her freestyle skills on a male-dominated field

    Watch this 17-year-old Kerala footballer display her freestyle skills on a male-dominated field

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 21, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • #GrownUpGirls: In this series by Agents of Ishq, young girls imagine their adulthood

    #GrownUpGirls: In this series by Agents of Ishq, young girls imagine their adulthood

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 06, 2019 · 05:00 pm
  • Conventional gender roles give rise to anxiety, self-doubt (and this is also evident in #MeToo)

    Conventional gender roles give rise to anxiety, self-doubt (and this is also evident in #MeToo)

    Haroon Khalid
    · Oct 26, 2018 · 06:30 pm
  • Marriages of underage girls in India have halved since 2006, bringing down global numbers: Unicef

    Marriages of underage girls in India have halved since 2006, bringing down global numbers: Unicef

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 06, 2018 · 02:35 pm
  • Video: These teenage girls are combating perceptions of Muslim women being submissive and voiceless

    Video: These teenage girls are combating perceptions of Muslim women being submissive and voiceless

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 27, 2017 · 07:00 pm
  • Bend it like Bihar: Young girls are joining football clubs to resist child marriage

    Bend it like Bihar: Young girls are joining football clubs to resist child marriage

    Mohd Imran Khan
    · Jun 14, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • School is still too far for many girls in Haryana, and they are now rising in protest

    School is still too far for many girls in Haryana, and they are now rising in protest

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · May 31, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • A father and daughter are raising money for a cause, one picture at a time

    A father and daughter are raising money for a cause, one picture at a time

    Rhema Mukti Baxter
    · Sep 15, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Where are the imperfect and relatable urban women on Indian television?

    Where are the imperfect and relatable urban women on Indian television?

    Meher Manda
    · Apr 28, 2016 · 01:30 pm