Gender Equity & Women's Rights

Initiatives within this thrust area address existing inequalities in society by challenging patriarchal attitudes embedded in formal and informal structures and institutions. With a focus on protecting and securing rights of women and girls, Utthan has intensively worked on the issues of Right to Safety and Security, Resource Rights (Land, Property, Forest, Credit), Right to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,Political Participation and Access to Basic Entitlements. Integrating a feminist approach in all thrust areas has been a priority.