Who we are
Woman Endangered is a trust with Gender Equity at its core.
A Simply Suparnaa © Media Network Initiative acknowledged by the UN Women WEP Awards.
Woman Endangered is an initiative affecting behavioural change to enhance gender equity. WE align to SDG 5,10 & 11 through Responsible Content and Menstrual Hygiene & Combating Violence against women sessions to affect a behavioural change in mindsets.
On February 7th, 2013 after the infamous Nirbhaya rape, WE brought together minds, protagonists, lawmakers, writers, observers, and social analysts, among others, to address who we are, what our society is all about and why gender equality is not a matter of significance. This marked the beginnings of Woman Endangered as an initiative affecting behavioural changes and enhancing gender equity.
WE initiated the campaign #LetsTalkPeriod to address both Gender Equity and Sustainability as delineated by SDG 5,10 AND 11. It comprises menstrual hygiene sessions that provide facts on menstruation and offer sustainable menstrual solutions as an option. These sessions are specially designed for the Indian Subcontinent taking into consideration socio-cultural as well as climatic and geographical nuances. The sessions are customised for both the urban slums and urban offices and educational institutions.
WE also executed sessions on combating violence against women with JOSH talks through a 90-minute workshop. So far Suparnaa has personally conducted sessions with over 2000 in May-June 2022 itself with students in ITI’s from Kanpur, Kolkatta, Pune, and Bihar. An integral part of the session is sharing the step-by-step process to get justice, as especially documented by us with IPS Chhaya Sharma (The lady Cop who caught Nirbhaya’s perpetrators).
WE also Crowdsource funds to gift menstrual cups to sexually active women in marginalised sections. So far the sessions have been conducted in Holambi Kalan Basti, Jhugi Jhopri cluster Surnirman Patparganj (twice), Gopi Chand Sharma School Noida, Jan Jagriti Foundation Trilokpuri, Vidya NGO Gurgaon, SSMI govt aided school, and Hansraj College.
We adapted to the current COVID challenge and created a virtual version of the workshop that has been conducted with teachers working with marginalized children including those of Arpana Trust as well as SSMI govt aided school teachers. This year in 2022 we further adapted the online session to reach the direct beneficiary and have been successfully conducting an online pro bono session each month. Beneficiaries include over 20 women in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, 30 corporate employees from Be Gig and 80 school girls from Sr Secondary Govt school, Chula, Rajasthan. Over 2000 people have been reached directly who in turn become brand ambassadors of sustainable menstruation in their communities, schools, colleges, and offices. Earlier in February when the pandemic was petering, we also managed to conduct an in-person session with 50 mothers in the slums of Noida.
Our Vision
Affecting a behavioural change to enhance gender equity. Creating & dissemninating Responsible Content at large and Conducting Menstrual Hygiene sessions in particular. Providing research based facts, busting myths and promoting sustainable solutions.