Awaahan – A call for Gender Equality and Harmony

Why Shaktipreneurs

Bridges the critical shortage of trained women self-defence coaches
Survivors-turned-coaches bring unmatched empathy and credibility in empowering girls
Women-led spaces build confidence, courage, and agency
Scales AHWAAHAN across India

Young women and/or women survivors of violence who have been trained to be Master trainers in Self-defense.
Earn an income by promoting the cause of women’s safety through training students in self-defense.

Selection of girls
and young women

Intensive residential training in Nishastra Kala, Marketing& communication, Entrepreneurship

On- the-job
Supportive Supervision
for 6 months

Professioanlly
qualified as Self
Defence coaches

Mentoring
support during
scale-up

1,00,000 girls
trained annually

Well qualified professional self defence women coaches
Scale up of self defence training to 1,00,000 girls
Initial earning for each Shaktipreneur atleast Rs.15,000 per month
Contribution to the SDG s to empower girls, promote safety and confidence in communities.