EMPOWERED GIRLS

through strong women's collectives

SOCIAL NORMS

shifted through mother-daughter bond

GUIDED PATHWAYS

for adolescent girls through Kishori Help Desk

WOMEN LEADERS

taking collective action

Umang

'A Norm-shifting & Empowerment-focussed Model'

to address child/early marriage of adolescent girls in Jharkhand

Objectives

Capacitate women collectives for create an enabling environment & encourage adolescent girls to fulfil their aspirations.
Establish a scalable & sustainable model for addressing child/early marriage through SHG platform

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We celebrate

Since its inception in 2019, Umang has been empowering mothers, who are able to stand against child/early marriage and nurture the aspirations of their daughters, thus enhancing prospects of a better future for 46,000+ adolescent girls in Godda & Jamtara.

1,78,000

Women
capacitated

300+

Girls re-enrolled
in schools

Encouraging Outcomes

Evaluation findings show positive trend between baseline (Feb 2021) & endline (March 2023) surveys.

Intra-Household
Decisions

Improved say of mothers in their children's marriage decisions

Educational
Aspirations

Enhanced confidence among girls to study at least up to 12th grade and/or above

Age at
Marriage

Increased agency & conviction among girls to resist pressure of early marriage

Baseine

Endline