A story dedicated to the data-shy women, adolescent girls and community workers that embarked on a path-breaking journey of demystifying and applying community-level data for keeping children safe.

In 240 villages and urban settlements across 20 hotspot districts of 6 states: Bihar, UQar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha; Aangan brought together 4450 women volunteers and 290 government officials to make communites safer for children.

From Bhubaneswar to Patna, Varanasi, Bhopal and Mumbai, the urban slum is a dangerous place for a child to grow up in. This report documents the interwoven factors that contribute to child vulnerability in these cities and the key resources needed to reverse it.

A report on how Aangan’s Parents and Children Against Trafficking and Harm (PACT) Program made communities safer for children and altered the lives of the women who participated.

As part of its efforts to highlight successful and creative interventions in the field of girls’ education, Harvard University South Asia Institute looked at Aangan’s ground-breaking work of building resilience to gender-based violence through activating community-based protection systems for adolescent girls.