What About Us? An urgent call for changing the world of married adolescent girls

Research Study:

Early marriage is one form of violence which affects a vast number of adolescent girls in several parts of the country. The research by Vikalp Sansthan and Tata Institute of Social Sciences explores the experiences and perceptions of early marriage among young married girls, older married women and young men. The study is located in 10 villages of Mavli Block in Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in northern India.

Read the entire Research Report Study Below

  1. Research Report: Executive Summary (in English)
  2. Research Report: Executive Summary (in Hindi)
  3. Research Report (in English)
  4. Research Report (in Hindi)

Vikalp Sansthan STATISTICS

  • Established Since: 2004

  • Working in 12 Districts of Rajasthan

  • Working across 510 Villages of Rajasthan

  • 4500 Domestic Violence Survivors (Women) Got Counselling

  • 10000 Girls Are Pursuing Higher Education

  • 12000 Former Child Brides Are Pursuing Higher Education

  • 74 villages declared child marriage free

  • 40 Gram Panchayats have vowed to make their Panchayats free of child marriage

  • More Than 160,000 People Have Taken an Oath To Never Perform Or Participate In A Child Marriage. Of this, 16000 People Have Taken A Written Oath

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Villages declared child marriage free
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People have taken a written child marriage free oath
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Gram Panchayats vowed to free from child marriage
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Girls are persuing higher education

Vikalp Sansthan’s Work to stop Violence Against Woman featured by Oxfam India

The film covers the work of Oxfam India partner Vikalp in Rajasthan who have trained men in the community as changemeakers on the issue of violence against women.

Vikalp Sansthan Our Daughter’s Right Campaign

This is a small film on Adolescent Girls’ who dare to stop their child marriage and also support other to stop their own child marriage. Vikalp Sansthan is facilitating the whole process and empowering girls to SAY NO TO CHILD MARRIAGE and SAY YES TO EDUCATION. This film made by Ms Mihert Woldesemaet, Intern 2012 (Foundation for Sustainable Development)

Vikalp Sansthan’s Work on Education for Girls

Girls’ Camp Barmer Vikalp Sansthan

‘NO’ to Child Marriage

This a short film about Child Marriage and Girl Change Makers. Where change makers are sharing their change.
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