Opening Doors for Young Girls in Rural Rajasthan

Through education, mentoring, and leadership skills that transform their futures

From Classrooms to Community Leaders

Parinati equips young women to stand tall and let their voice be heard

Driving Gender Equality Through Collective Action

Breaking barriers in education, work, and community leadership

Action That Transforms Lives

Ekakanya Foundation empowers girls from rural areas to reach their full potential and lead change in their lives and communities. By nurturing change leaders, Ekakanya focus on both individual growth and collective progress. Its programmes offer practical learning, challenge restrictive cultural norms, and open doors to new opportunities. Through this approach, girls gain the skills, confidence, and vision to drive meaningful change and turn ideas into action within their communities.

Change-Leaders Trained

First-Generation Earners

Women and adolescents impacted

Empowering Girls to
Lead Change

In rural Rajasthan, girls often face doors closing before they can step through. Ekakanya Foundation works closely with young women aged 17–22 and above to open those doors—providing quality education, genuine confidence, and strong leadership skills tailored specifically to their communities. From a dedicated base in Block Bassi, Jaipur, Ekakanya carefully guides them to make informed choices, find their authentic voice, and inspire meaningful change that ripples far beyond themselves.

Educational Empowerment

Through computer literacy, financial skills, and higher education support, girls step beyond the limits set by their circumstances—discovering confidence, chasing dreams, and rewriting their own stories for a brighter tomorrow.

Economic Empowerment

Nurturing Change Leaders

Through its flagship project, Parinati, girls from five rural villages gain vital knowledge in health, legal rights, and strong leadership. They grow into confident advocates, actively inspiring their communities and shaping a bright future filled with real possibility.

Community Transformation

When families and village elders truly embrace change, girls step boldly forward. Through active Self-Help Groups and real economic independence, local communities rethink traditional gender roles, share daily responsibilities, and open new paths for equal opportunity and much brighter futures.

Empowering First-Generation
Learners

First-generation learners are girls who are the very first in their families to pursue higher education or work outside traditional roles. At Ekakanya, they gain quality education, digital skills, and leadership training, overcoming barriers, earning true independence, and becoming change leaders in their communities.

Project
Parinati

Project Parinati empowers girls from rural Rajasthan with knowledge, skills, and confidence. Over years of learning about health, rights, and leadership, they become change leaders sparking growth and opportunity around them.

Higher Education Support

Through Project Parinati, first-generation girls receive financial aid, mentorship and guidance to pursue university degrees in the cities. Exposure visits and career counselling help them overcome social barriers, achieve higher education, and become role models in their families and communities.

Employment and Skills

Through Rural KPO center and computer literacy training, first-generation girls have gained more than jobs. They've built skills, confidence, and financial independence. With opportunities in technology and diverse local employment options, they are setting new benchmarks for themselves and inspiring others in their communities.

From Learners Today
to Leaders Tomorrow

Ekakanya is actively transforming lives in rural Rajasthan, guiding young women to overcome societal barriers and pursue quality education and personal growth. Over the last 10 years, its programmes have nurtured confident leaders who inspire their communities. The Foundation measure success not just in numbers, but through the resilient stories of girls creating lasting change.

Marriage Delays
Achieved

Guided by Ekakanya’s mentors, 43% of program graduates have negotiated with their families to delay early marriages. Together, they are prioritizing education and careers, building confidence, inspiring peers, and fostering hope for a future where girls can choose their own paths.

Health Awareness
Reached

Through Ekakanya’s vital training, all participants now safely manage menstrual hygiene and practice basic CPR, health and nutritional care. Together, they are actively improving health awareness, building real confidence, inspiring their peers, and fostering bright hope for a future where girls can take charge of their well-being.

Academic Dreams Realized

Guided by Ekakanya’s mentorship, 30 young women have stepped into higher education—ranging from Social Work and Journalism to Business, Computer Applications, and more. Each success story reflects growing confidence, determination, and a future driven by learning and ambition.

Stories of Change

Inspiring Transformations

Ritu, from Ekakany'a's first batch transformed her life

Ritu, from Ekakanya’s First Parinati Batch, transformed her life through aspiration and vision. Now working in CSR of a multinatinoal company, she has enrolled over 300 families in government schemes, supported her family’s education and housing, and earned recognition for her outstanding impact, embodying leadership, dedication and community change.

Rinku Rises Through Resilience

Rinku, from the 2019 Parinati Batch, joined the program despite initial resistance from her in-laws. She developed confidence and leadership, now works at an all-women BPO, earns a good salary, and has been promoted to Team Leader—her husband supports her daily commute, reflecting her personal and professional growth.

Change Leader Asha

Asha, from the 2016 Parinati Batch, overcame family resistance to complete her training, pursue economic independence, and join Ekakanya’s BPO Center in Bassi. Negotiating with her husband and in-laws, she became a first-generation earner and a role model, inspiring other girls in her conservative community.

Sangeeta the Force Multiplier

Sangeeta is working for the last 1 year in a well-known NGO as a Project Assistant aiding children between 14 to 18 years of age, for their studies and extracurricular activities. She has been sharpening her own skills and enhancing her confidence through this experience to create a multiplier force and in return give back to society what she has learnt.

Jhankar Chooses Learning Over Limits

Jhankar is pursuing her BEd (Bachelor of Education) in Jaipur city to fulfill her dream to be a teacher of Sanskrit. Jhankar has also successfully negotiated with her parents under huge family pressures to delay her marriage to pursue her studies.

Action That Transforms Lives