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UMANG

The Umang project adopts an ecosystem approach to empower adolescents and reduce child marriages in some of the high prevalent districts in Jharkhand, viz. Jamtara (Nala block) and Godda (Sadar Block) over a period of three years. The percentage of women getting married before 18 years of age in Godda is 63.5%, and in Jamtara it is 43.9 % as per NFHS-IV. Considering the severity of this situation, PCI India is implementing the Umang project in those identified districts of Jharkhand in partnership with Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW).

PCI India is engaging with a federated structure of Women Collectives (such as SHGs or self-help groups) to enhance their individual and collective agency to empower adolescents. PCI recognizes that mothers are critical to shaping up adolescent girls’ future as they are the close confidantes of daughters in the family to facilitate family and community level dialogues to negotiate against any restrictive social norm. These collectives provide peer support to promote agency, leadership, and voice at the community level. The project capacitates the leaders of cluster level and village federations and the SHGs on the issue of child marriage, its causes and consequences, potential options for engaging young girls and raising demand for systemic support to shift regressive social norms like child marriage.

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Umang Stories of Empowerment

Life of Umang

Watch our series of short animation films that trace the journey of an adolescent girl ‘Umang’ & her mother, highlighting some of the key messages of Project Umang

Poochna Na Bhoolein

It explores the power of mother-daughter communication in resolving problems & how Project Umang enriches these interactions.

Udaanon ko Dein Haunsla

A mother, who is driven to support her daughter’s aspirations, seeks guidance from Kishori Help Desk.

Maa ki Dhaal

With improved negotiation skills, a mother is better able to shield her daughter from child marriage & nurture her dreams.

Soch ko Badlein

Community women realise the need for holistic development of girls & support each other in shifting norms.

Ye to Bas Shuruaat Hai

It emphasises the value of identifying girls’ aspirations early (in 6th-7th grade) and starting requisite counselling through Kishori Help Desk.

Project Learnings

A compilation of ‘stories of empowerment’ through the lived experiences of women & girls in Jharkhand. This case studies collection includes stories of grit & determination of mothers from Godda and Jamtara who are shifting norms & supporting their daughters’ aspirations, and the stories of girls who are finding alternatives to child/early marriage with their mothers’ support and holding promise for the future.