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JAHNAVI
SINGH
jahnavigannipur@gmail.com
Organisation
GIRL UP CHIKKA
India
Type
Note
Background Color
#ECFF00
Story note
IN MY AGE IF 11 I FELT GENDER IN-EQUALITY WHEN I WENT TO A HOSPITAL WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE WAITING FOR BIRTH OF A CHILD WITH SWEETS,BUT WHEN A BABY GIRL CAME ALL SWEETS REMAINED UNUSED AND I DIDN'T GET SWEETS AFTER SEEING THE FACE OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY RELATIVES,I ASKED MY FATHER AND HE TOLD THAT ITS OUR STEREOTYPES MINDSET ABOUT THE GIRLS AND WHOLE COMMUNITY IS IN GRIP OF THIS SENSE.I STARTED WIRKING UOIN THE ISSUE AND TILL MY AGE OF 18 NOW MY VOICES HAVE AWARED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGH MY INTERVIEW TAKEN BY MORE THAN 300 MEDIA HOUSES.I WAS OFFICIALLY CALLED BY HON'BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND GOT RECOGNISED BY THE UN FOUNDATION USA
Story Note (long)
IN MY AGE IF 11 I FELT GENDER IN-EQUALITY WHEN I WENT TO A HOSPITAL WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE WAITING FOR BIRTH OF A CHILD WITH SWEETS,BUT WHEN A BABY GIRL CAME ALL SWEETS REMAINED UNUSED AND I DIDN'T GET SWEETS AFTER SEEING THE FACE OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MY RELATIVES,I ASKED MY FATHER AND HE TOLD THAT ITS OUR STEREOTYPES MINDSET ABOUT THE GIRLS AND WHOLE COMMUNITY IS IN GRIP OF THIS SENSE.I STARTED WIRKING UOIN THE ISSUE AND TILL MY AGE OF 18 NOW MY VOICES HAVE AWARED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGH MY INTERVIEW TAKEN BY MORE THAN 300 MEDIA HOUSES.I WAS OFFICIALLY CALLED BY HON'BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND GOT RECOGNISED BY THE UN FOUNDATION USA
JAHNAVI
SINGH
jahnavigannipur@gmail.com
Organisation
CHIKKA FEDERATION OF INDIA
India
Type
Note
Background Color
#ECFF00
Story note
MYSELF JAHNAVI,A 17 YEARS OLD GENDER EQUALITY ACTIVIST STARTED WORKING UPON CRUCIAL ISSUES LIKE GENDER STEREOTYPES SINCE MY AGE OF 11,WHEN I FELT THAT HOW COMMUNITY FEELS SAD AT THE TIME OF GIRL CHILD BIRTH.SWEETS WERE PURCHASED IN ANTICIPATION OF A MALE CHILD BUT NOT DISTRIBUTED.SINCE THEN I WENT SLUMS/RURAL AREAS/EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO AWARE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT 250 ONLINE MEETINGS RELATING THESE,AND MY THESE EFFORTS MADE ME HAT-TRICK RECIPIENT OF GIRL UP GRANT/PROJECT/SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE AS WELL AS GAVE A CHANCE OF OFFICIAL CALL BY HON'BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA.DURING MY CAMPAIGN I FACED DIFFICULTIES BUT IGNORED
Story Note (long)
MYSELF JAHNAVI,A 17 YEARS OLD GENDER EQUALITY ACTIVIST STARTED WORKING UPON CRUCIAL ISSUES LIKE GENDER STEREOTYPES SINCE MY AGE OF 11,WHEN I FELT THAT HOW COMMUNITY FEELS SAD AT THE TIME OF GIRL CHILD BIRTH.SWEETS WERE PURCHASED IN ANTICIPATION OF A MALE CHILD BUT NOT DISTRIBUTED.SINCE THEN I WENT SLUMS/RURAL AREAS/EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO AWARE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT 250 ONLINE MEETINGS RELATING THESE,AND MY THESE EFFORTS MADE ME HAT-TRICK RECIPIENT OF GIRL UP GRANT/PROJECT/SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE AS WELL AS GAVE A CHANCE OF OFFICIAL CALL BY HON'BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA.DURING MY CAMPAIGN I FACED DIFFICULTIES BUT IGNORED