Jan Shaurya

Jan Shaurya works with girls from Banchhada and Bedia communities in western Madhya Pradesh to interrupt intergenerational caste-based sexual exploitation. Its programmes combine identification and protection with Garima learning centres, school support, exposure visits, life-skills education, legal awareness, mentoring and Balika Panchayats intended to give girls a public voice and greater control over their futures.

This is sensitive administrative and programme information, not a population estimate of trafficking or exploitation. Counts on protection, villages and participants are reported by the organisation and should be attributed as such; its annual reports are the better source for dated claims. Descriptions should also avoid identifying individual children or treating caste identity as destiny.