1,500+ Lives Touched
A Future Rewritten
Since 2015, Project Parinati has been a lifeline for young women in rural Rajasthan. From classrooms to careers, from silence to leadership, the foundation’s journey is one of courage, resilience, and lasting impact.
Where Rural Girls Rise, Communities Flourish
Ekakanya stands beside rural women and girls in Rajasthan as they break barriers, find their voice, and shape brighter futures. Since 2016, every step forward has been a step toward lasting change.
What
Change Matters
In villages where choices were once denied, girls are now choosing education, careers, and leadership. Already, 43% are delaying marriage beyond 24. Thirty first-generation students are enrolled in university, and more than 150 trained Change Leaders are inspiring others to follow.
How
Change Is Cultivated
Change takes persistence and opportunity. Ekakanya has delivered over 6,000 hours of training in health, leadership, and digital skills. All the parinati batches participate in nearly 10 exposure visits, each including travelling to metropolitan cities using train and aeroplane. Today, every participant has both a bank account and computer training, turning possibility into confidence.
What
Sustains Change
The impact endures and grows. Not a single university student has dropped out. More than 100 women are now employed at Ekakanya's all-women KPO, each earning over ₹15,000 per month. Their success has created a powerful multiplier effect, strengthening households and inspiring neighbouring communities to embrace similar opportunities.
Digital Skill Development
Offering tailored training in tech skills - from basic computing, online tools to data security and cyber crime, to equip women for modern employment.
Cultural Transformation
Challenging traditional barriers to create a future where women lead with confidence and capability.
Economic Upliftment
Providing stable income opportunities that empower women to support their families and break cycles of poverty.
Community Development
Nurturing women as change leaders who inspire education and progress within their villages.
Impact Assessment
Data from the 2011 census (GoI, 2011a) and the interim report based on the 2021 survey together traced deep gender disparities in literacy, education, and work participation in the study villages of Bassi Block, Jaipur district, while also marking the early shifts that set the context for Ekakanya’s long-term interventions and outcomes.
- Female literacy was below 50 per cent compared to over 80 per cent among males; the child sex ratio stood at 880 in the block and 902 in the study villages. Girls’ school enrolment was only 60 per cent, while enrolment in higher education was a mere 36 per cent.
- Constant local monitoring, awareness building, and focus group discussions using local girls as counsellors led more girls to continue beyond school. The interim report based on the 2021 survey showed that the education profile in the villages was changing, and Parinati girls were leading the way.
- Within four years of the project, enrolment in higher education improved significantly to 77 per cent, with the majority of girls attending regular colleges in Bassi block headquarters or in Jaipur city.
- The female work participation rate is very low, as more than 80 per cent of women work on family agricultural land or as agricultural labourers (Census of India 2011, GoI). Almost all 15+ women were engaged in household duties.
- A 2016 baseline survey showed that over three-fourths of adolescent girls were not allowed to travel even to relatives’ or friends’ homes. The few girls permitted to travel could do so only when accompanied by male family members.
- Access to health centres, markets, and colleges remained severely restricted, with little improvement until 2022. But this was a momentous turning point in the journey of Ekakanya.
- Recognising that education without employment would limit long-term impact, Ekakanya made a strategic shift towards employment opportunities. A watershed decision was taken in collaboration with Indivillage Tech Solutions to establish a KPO centre at the Bassi block headquarters to absorb young, college-educated girls. This initiative became a game-changer and a catalyst for change over the next four years.
- Digitally literate Parinati girls were trained in KPO operations and provided local employment opportunities. By November 2025, nearly 100 girls were employed at the KPO centre, while several girls moved into hospitality and other service sectors.
- The 2025 endline survey showed that some Parinati girls had secured jobs in Jaipur city, corporate offices, and educational institutions. Exposure to the labour market strengthened aspirations for higher education, leading many to enrol in postgraduate programmes.
- By 2025, 32 per cent of Parinati girls had completed postgraduate studies, reflecting sustained progress toward education-linked career advancement.
Progress Reports
First Generation Change Leaders
Action that transforms lives
Crossing Milestones to be a Change Leader
Action that Transforms Lives
Since 2015, Project Parinati has empowered girls in rural Rajasthan to break barriers and lead change. By 2025, around 150 young girls and women across 4 batches have gained critical skills, became digitally literate, and 43 percent pursued higher education. They have delayed early marriage, run a rural KPO employing 100 girls, demonstrating resilience, confidence, and the power of collective action.
Digital Literacy Milestone
100% of Parinati girls now digitally skilled
Higher Education Growth
43% of alumnae pursue further studies
Community Development
Nearly 600 women are trained from the community; mainly mothers of the parinati girls and other women from the Parinati villages Around 2500 people are directly impacted
Employment Success
111 girls are working in different sectors - KPO, hospitality industry, CSR foundations, forest reserve police etc.
The Right Choice Can Transform Generations
Ekakanya’s work is rooted in the belief that when one woman rises, entire communities move forward. Since 2015, the organisation has been tackling the challenges rural Rajasthan faces by:
How You Can Be Part of the Change:
- Upholding rights and choices of girls to delay marriage and pursue education
- Protecting dignity through safe spaces, leadership training, and financial independence
- Delivering opportunity with jobs at the Rural KPO and pathways to higher education
- Promoting growth by nurturing first-generation university students and alumnae-led groups
- Strengthening futures with skills, confidence, and income that transform families
Every act of support helps a girl rewrite her story — and shapes a stronger tomorrow for all.
Help Ekakanya Create Lasting
Change
This year, Ekakanya has stood beside hundreds of women and girls in rural Rajasthan, opening doors to education, livelihoods, and independence. With continued support, the foundation can keep breaking cycles of early marriage, poverty, and silence.
How You Can Be Part of the Change:
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Stand with girls as they claim their right to education and
choice -
Support livelihoods through jobs at the all-women
Rural KPO -
Fuel learning journeys for first-generation university
students - Champion resilience when challenges test courage
- Strengthen communities by helping alumnae lead change in their villages
Every action taken through Ekakanya helps a girl rewrite her future — and that change ripples across generations.
From education to livelihoods, your support fuels real change with Ekakanya
Leaders trained
in a single year
beyond age 24