Breaking Barriers, Building Futures : Life Skills Education as a Pathway to Democratic Leadership for Adolescent Girls in Rural India
By Sudha Sreenivasa Reddy In the heart of rural India, where caste hierarchies, patriarchal customs, and poverty intertwine, the simple question— “What do you think?”—can be revolutionary. Among the adolescent girls I work with in Karnataka’s villages, most have never been asked for their opinion, let alone encouraged to express it. Yet, over the past…