Young Women Leadership Development Program

The Young Women’s Leadership Program, initiated by Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti (MJAS) in 2016, is dedicated to cultivating leadership skills among young women and girls. This program emerged from MJAS’s commitment to nurturing a new generation of leaders. It addresses critical challenges such as limited access to education, societal pressures, lack of opportunities and early child forced marriage, all while aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

MJAS takes a two-pronged approach to ensure young women can lead their best lives:

• Enhancing skills for Life: life skills, child sexual abuse awareness, self-defense, Sports for Development.
• Building skills for Work: Digital Learning- IT; grassroots journalism; photography and filmmaking; sports; career guidance and vocational linkages; open schooling.

Through this program MJAS offers the following:

• Youth Advisory Group- A group of 35 young leaders are part of MJAS governance system, they participate in designing and review of programs focused on adolescent and youth
• Youth Led Programs- Majority of MJAS’s programs are spearheaded by women under 30 who are leading community reforms
• Young Fellows- More than 200 young leaders who are a part of various fellowship programs across the country like Pravah- Smile Fellow, Samvidhan Fellow, Charkha Features, Chambal media, State of Youth Fellows, etc.
• Strengthening Girls Movements- More than 5000 adolescent/young girls are designing and organising campaigns: Raising Voices (Campaigns against Child Marriage; VAWG/C),
• Breaking Barriers (Main Bhi Bahar Jayungi-I too will go Out; Celebrating Olympics- 50% women participation in games), Reclaiming Spaces (Night Rallies, Sleeping in the Garden), etc
• Educational Adventures- Co creating learning pathways through hosting 22 learning and empowerment journeys from diverse organisations across India.

We focus on Young Women’s Leadership Development through our different Flagship programs: