"A gender-just society is built one conversation, one camp, one girl at a time."
— Sankar Nath Mitra, Co-FounderSutanutir Sakhya is a women's rights organisation founded in 2002 in Kolkata, committed to building a gender-equal, gender-just and violence-free society.
Sutanutir Sakhya was founded in 2002 by Madhupurna Ghosh and Sankar Nath Mitra in Kolkata with the intent to facilitate and promote developmental issues of women, children and the elderly — irrespective of caste, community, religion or economic status.
What makes us unique is our approach of addressing women's empowerment through law. We believe law is an instrument of social change and can be used to realise the human rights of women. The idea was born out of a mission to create a gender-equal, violence-free society where every woman can live a life of dignity.
To empower women — especially those who are victims of violence, deprivation and distress — through a rights-based, people-centred, participatory approach that promotes gender equality and legal literacy.
A better world for women: where counselling, vocational training, and self-development enable every woman to live with dignity, free from poverty, discrimination and violence.
Rights-based, people-centred, participatory and edifying. We walk alongside communities — we don't prescribe to them.
Our field interventions focus on three highly vulnerable groups.
At risk of dropping out of school, early marriage, and deprivation of opportunity — we help them claim their right to education, safety and leadership.
Widowed, separated or abandoned women facing social isolation and economic hardship — we help them rebuild with dignity and independence.
An invisible workforce we support with legal literacy, collective bargaining skills, and protection against exploitation.
Registration Number: SO1 07292 of 2001-2002
Registered Under: West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961
80G Tax Exemption: Available for all donations under Income Tax Act, Govt. of India
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