Mona’s Story

Mona (She/Her), a community member engaged with Restless Development for more than 3 years  Mona has been engaged with Restless Development under the program Delhi Learning Lab, and is now an active youth for the GCC-QUTWE (Grand Challenges Canada – Queer Affirmative Unicorns Transforming Wellbeing Ecosystem) program. Restless Development, with the support of Grand Challenges …

Trayaksh’s Story

Trayaksh (He/Him) Youth Unicorn ( Youth Leader) at GCC-QUTWE  In the heart of Panipat, where tradition often defines identity, Trayaksh, a courageous young trans individual, began his journey of self-discovery. Growing up in Haryana, he felt different from a young age. While other girls donned dresses and adorned themselves with ribbons, Trayaksh gravitated towards shirts …

Akshatha’s Story

Akshatha is a 26-year-old architect from Mirjan, Uttara Kannada in India living in Bangalore. She has been working to tackle the impacts of change in Bangalore. 

Go Nisha Go

A Game of Choice, Not Chance to meaningfully engage young people. The Go Nisha Go game aims to empower adolescent girl game players to become active decision-makers in their own lives especially when it comes to becoming better equipped to make decisions and achieving positive health, safety, career, and educational outcomes. It is a digital …

Sangeeta using a computer.

Sangeeta’s Story

“I’m going to be a doctor and help community members.” Sangeeta is a 14-year-old student from Ganjam, India, who wants to become a doctor.  Like many girls, Sangeeta has been facing gender discrimination at home. Sangeeta’s father has made attempts to make her drop out of school to fund her brothers’ education. He also wanted …

India hub’s work on violence against children recognised by UN

A case study on our work in India on prevention of child marriages through children and youth-led strategies has been published in a special report from ‘The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, United Nations’.