India

ISSUE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

CHANGE MODEL

Community: The "Hero Project" brings men and boys into the growing movement against gender-based violence in India. The project challenges gender roles, and through film screenings, sparks communities to create their own ways to make the street, school, and home a safer place for women and girls.

KEY OBJECTIVES

• Spark dialogue
• Mobilize community solutions
• Create safer public spaces

OUTCOMES

100+ community-designed gender solutions, including:

• A girls-only school bus in Pune to prevent sexual harassment, which was forcing girls to skip classes
• A drug awareness campaign in a Bombay slum, to prevent gender-based violence characteristic of male addicts
• A change in the perception of violence against women, with substantially more viewers sharing the belief that it is never justified
• A girls-only play area in a village in Beed, enabling girls formerly confined to the house to engage in physical activity

PARTNERS

• CARE India
• Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ)
• International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
• Magic Bus

• 630

  Number of screenings

• 16,795

  People Reached

• 180

  Community facilitators trained