Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS)

Break the Bias!

Ten Paniya women in Sulthan Bathery, Kerala celebrated their first harvest of around 350 fish on 7 March 2022. This was the result of seven months of labour invested in an entrepreneurial initiative that was completely new to the community and especially the women; a daring to break the biases in their local society. Highly […]

KISMAT Celebrates Women’s Day with Migrant Women

The Karnataka Interstate Migrants Alliance for Transformation (KISMAT— a BREADS’ project) celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022 by conducting an awareness programme on menstrual hygiene for migrant women and girls in Horamavu, Bangalore. The KISMAT team distributed sanitary napkins, masks, and sanitizers and demonstrated the use of sanitary napkins to the women and […]

Medical camp at Yadgir

A free medical health check-up camp for women, children, and the elderly was held in Yadgir under the Women Empowerment through Collective Action and Networks (WECAN) project on 5 March 2022. The medical camp was conducted in association with the Yadgir district Health Department at Masemma temple near Gandhi Chowk area. The camp ensured that […]