The Rakshin Project for Youth
Our goal
Trained Change Agents who demonstrate the knowledge to recognise gender based violence, understand how to respond and resolve it appropriately, and show intent to take at least one concrete preventive action in their home or community.
The work
We equip youth with rights-based language, a working understanding of gender and power inside households, and the practical skill to prevent child sexual abuse where it actually happens, which is at home. We also prepare them for the workplace they are about to enter through orientation on preventing sexual harassment at work.
Who we work with
- NSS volunteers
- NCC cadets
- College Students
- School Teachers
- Professors
In partnership with the Directorate of National Service Scheme, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Reach into 40,000 colleges. A target of four million young people.
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What a Rakshin can do
- ✓ Recognise child sexual abuse and gender based violence in real situations
- ✓ Hold safe, age-appropriate conversations about bodies, consent and boundaries with children in their own families
- ✓ Create safe spaces for disclosure without causing further harm
- ✓ De-escalate conflict at home and in the community
- ✓ Report accurately, through CHILDLINE 1098, the NCPCR, Internal Committees under PoSH, and protection orders under the PWDVA
- ✓ Facilitate workshops independently, for students, parents and community members
- ✓ Lead conversations about prevention, rather than reacting after violence has happened
NSS Programme Officer, Principal,
or a student who wants this on your campus?
Write to hello@sakshi.org.in