What We Do
- Building women’s (including informal workers, rural and urban women) and girls' perspectives and skills; enabling them to voice their concerns and negotiate for greater autonomy, confidence, and leadership to respond to gender-based violence (GBV) and discrimination (GBD) practices.
- Building capacities and response measures of diverse ecosystem actors — including state service providers, community leaders, and family members — to recognise women and girls' agency, leadership, and decision-making, and respond to their needs.
- Promoting collaborative actions at local, state, national, and global levels to inform and better implement laws and policies for sustainable change.
- Pioneering social-action research using feminist methodology on issues such as domestic workers’ rights and the safety of women and girls.
- Creating and sharing resources, knowledge products, and training materials for neo-literate rural and urban audiences.
Jagori is one of the few organisations that supports women survivors of gender based violence to access psycho-social support and required legal referrals for their complaints. Jagori runs a national women’s helpline (+91 11 2669 2700 and +91 8800 996640) and case support services. Counsellors provide end-to-end support, follow up with the survivor through every stage of her journey - be it through mediation, legal proceedings, medical support, shelter, or support emergency rescue operations. These are followed by referrals with the Crimes Against Women Cell and the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, the National Commission for Women, the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), hospitals, shelter homes, and partner NGOs in other states. Jagori also conducts regular follow-ups (check-ins) with survivors to assess their well-being, track progress, and provide continued support based on their evolving needs.
Jagori has facilitated gender sensitization and training on gender-responsive SoPs and PoSH (Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at the Workplace) to service providers, government bureaucrats, law makers, including NHRC, LBSNAA, CDPOs (Child Development Project Officers), Members of Internal Committees (IC) and Local Committees (LC), Child Protection Officers, District JSPL Project Staff, and counsellors in NGOs, among others.
Jagori pioneered the work on “Gender and the cities” through their research and awareness initiatives on women's and girls' safety - Safe Delhi Campaign in 2004. Women’s Safety and their lack of access to essential services, with gender-insensitive built-environments, lack of preparedness at the end of the service providers of transport, education, legal, to respond to the gender and safety needs of women and girls, gaps in program and policies that time to enable a supportive ecosystem for women and girls to access and participate as a citizen, all were crucial verticals of the Jagori Strategic Frameowrk developed in 2010 and revised in 2015. Jagori’s work was recognised and supported by critical stakeholders like the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Delhi Transport Corporation, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, UTTIPEC, Department of Education, Women and Child Development, Delhi Police, Mission Convergence - Awaz Uthao, National and State Women’s Commissions, Women’s groups across the country, UN agencies such as UNICEF, UN Women, UN Habitat, and others. The Safer Cities Initiatives was an effort by Jagori to work with state-level partners to build a women and girls safety agenda and Gender Inclusive Cities plan, by localising solutions with local resources and expertise. This initiative was carried out in multiple states through research studies, Women Safety Audits, Capacity building of service providers and Stakeholders, developing communication materials, to pilot and upscale initiatives on making cities safer and more gender inclusive. Some of our key reports include:
To learn more about our work and impact, read our reports hereJagori is known for pioneering feminist research and knowledge resources in India. From social-action research reports to feminist training modules on building gender perspectives, to creative user-friendly readers, booklets, songs, and other educational materials for neo-literate readership across rural and urban geographies are widely used among Jagori’s local and national partners.
Jagori’s social action research uses feminist methodologies and analysis to understand and gather evidence around gendered realities and inform the diverse stakeholders on the emerging needs of these communities. Some of our key research includes:
Migration, Trafficking and Sites of Work: Rights and Vulnerabilities
Scoping study: Gender and Essential Services in 7 Blocks in Bawana
5-State Action Research on Shelter Homes and Female Survivors of Violence
Caring Hands, Fragile Health: Unraveling Women’s Occupational Health and Well-being in Domestic Work
To learn more about our work and impact, read our reports here