Gramya Resource Center for Women

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✊48 Risings of Change ☝️
Gramya Resource Centre for Women, Telengana has launched its campaign across the Devarakonda division—beginning on 18 November 2025 and continuing till World Human Rights Day, 10 December.

Under the theme “Rise for Our Bodies – Our Earth – Our Future,” Gramya has so far organized 48 Risings, bringing communities together to challenge child marriage, gender-based violence, and harmful gender norms.

Working across several villages, the team focused on strengthening the role of Panchayats—the backbone of rural self-governance. Through awareness efforts across 34 Panchayats in 6 mandals, Gramya mobilized Panchayat Secretaries, frontline workers, and community members through rallies, poster campaigns, and community discussions.

 Reach so far:
• 4,236 women and 1,239 men engaged
• 15 domestic violence cases and 2 workplace sexual harassment cases were addressed
• Outreach in 7 hostels and 7 high schools, reaching 6,356 students through essay & drawing competitions, rights-based dialogues, and youth-led activities

Students raised issues such as sanitation, drinking water, and nutrition, and Gramya supported them in writing letters to district authorities

Gramya’s OBR campaign stands as a powerful example of community-driven action—mobilizing Panchayats, youth, and frontline workers to rise for bodily autonomy, justice, and a safer future for girls, women and gender expansive people.

Dr V Rukmini Rao, Gramya Resource Centre for Women, Participated in a Round Table Conference on 19-11-2025 organized WCD department of Telangana. One theme: Health, Nutrition & Wellbeing.
Dr Rao made following recommendations for structural change to ensure nutrition, Health & Wellbeing of women and girls based on the study of women farmers in Telangana, Maharashtra and Punjab.
These included:
1. Creating access to natural resources land and water for women farmers
2. Ensure pending forest claims are settled, so that farmers can grow millets
3. Ensure rights of Adivasi women to community forests
4. Government support to be provided to women initiatives for livelihoods
5. Policy support to grow diverse food crops and water availability to small and marginal women farmers
6. Ensure clean water, sanitation facilities to adolescent girls in schools
7. State support to alcohol production and sale leading to violence by alcoholic husbands. To redress, set up de-addiction centres and financial support to women facing violence
8. Implement all laws strictly to prevent and address violence against women---PCPNDT Act, Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act since violence leads to depression and other mental health issues
9. Increase work availability and livelihood opportunities to increase incomes to access nutritious food.

3rd day— women farmers Ms Kamalamma, DDS, Telangana and Ms Gangamma, Ananthapur

Session on Forest Rights, Governance and Commons ——Ms Soyam Nagamani from Natwan Sangham speaking about adivasi rights

Ms Yadamma, women farmer from Devarakonda speaking about her struggles from a farmer su***de family and her resilience to cultivate land and bringging up 3 children

Day -2 at Sammelan : Dr V Rukmini Rao facilitating a plenary session on Structural Violence against women in agriculture and Ms Yadamma, Women Farmer from Devarakonda, Nalgonda District is one of the speakers in the session.

2nd Mahila Kisan Sammelan@ Pune

Gramya has celebrated National Girl child day on 24th January-2025 at Devarakonda with 250 Change Maker adolescent girls

🤝51 RISINGS in Telangana: South India🇮🇳 🤝On November 18, 2024, Gramya launched about a month-long One Billion Rising campaign, reaching out to 28 villages across several Gram Panchayats, through 29 Risings with two teams engaging 3826 community members. The campaign focused on raising awareness about violence, discrimination, and the rights of women and girls. Gramya chose multiple themes for its Risings: “Rise for Safety and Dignity of All, Rise Against Violence Against Girls and Women, Rise for Care, Compassion, Kindness, Harmony and Love" and “Rise for Diversity, Inclusion and Dignity of All”. 📢Local governance members, teachers, and Child Protection Committee members actively participated in the events, which began with rallies and slogan drives, followed by house visits and community discussions. These discussions addressed issues such as gender based violence, constitutional rights, and real-life case 👭Rise for Safety and Dignity of All TELANGANA Empowering Communities and Tackling Violence -OBR posters were displayed, and important helpline numbers like 1098 and the women’s helpline (181) were shared, and immediate actions followed: 16 domestic violence cases were reported, 8 referred to the Sakhi Centre, and one child marriage was stopped. ✊Gramya also conducted awareness programs in 6 high schools and 17 hostels, reaching 3,123 students. #gramyaresourcecentreforwomen #gramyaresourcecentre @one_billion_rising @vdayorg #onebillionrising #risinginindia #obr

Happy New Year

Dr Rukmini Rao, speaking at Consultation on women farmer's rights. Understanding Structural Violence Against Women workshop organized by Makaam, Soppecom at Punjabi university, Patiala