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Rights, safety and power across life

Girls, adolescents, adult women and older women need different routes and examples, with equal dignity and no assumption that one life stage matters more.

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Adolescents and young women

Respect relationships and autonomy while explaining legal age boundaries clearly.

Detailed practical guides

Use a complete guide when you need more than an overview.

Child marriage in India: warning signs, prevention and child-centred support

Recognise planned or forced child marriage, respond without blaming the child, and connect safety, education, legal and trusted-adult support.

Menstrual hygiene in Indian schools and workplaces: privacy, products and dignity

A practical guide to menstrual products, water and toilets, privacy, health support, school participation and workplace accommodation without shame.

Body safety for children

A practical way to teach children that their body belongs to them, unsafe touch is never their fault, and a trusted adult should act when they ask for help.

Body safety starts at home

A family practice for consent, privacy and listening that makes it easier for children to recognise unsafe behaviour and ask for help early.

Teaching body safety at ages 3 to 7

Short, repeatable lessons for young children about body ownership, private parts, unsafe touch, secrets and trusted adults—without frightening them.

Teaching body safety at ages 8 to 12

Concrete conversations for pre-teens about changing bodies, consent, grooming, peers, online contact and telling an adult without blame.

Teaching safety and consent at ages 13 to 17

Direct, non-moralising education for teenagers about consent, dating, power, sexual images, grooming, help-seeking and supporting peers.

Consent and rejection for boys and young men

A direct guide to mutual consent, accepting rejection, challenging peer entitlement and acting when another boy is crossing a boundary.

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2026-08-30