Breaking the Silence on Caste & Gender based Sexual Violence
Udan means empowerment - the power to rise above exploitation.
Since 2013, we work to end caste-based commercial sex work and sexual violence. Through education, skills, awareness, mental health, and legal aid, we help survivors live with dignity and freedom.
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Objective
- Prevent caste-based sexual exploitation and violence against women and children
- Create safe spaces for survivors to access support, counselling, and legal aid
- Empower women and girls through education, leadership, and livelihood opportunities
- Engage communities, men, and youth as active partners in ending violence
Breaking Free, Inspiring Change
In Pooja’s community in Ratlam, girls are either pushed into prostitution or married off as children. At 13, she was married. By the time she returned home — after years of violence and neglect — the caste panchayat had fined her ₹5 lakhs and taken her daughters away. To repay it, she was forced into prostitution, raising her young son alone.
When she found Udan, everything changed. She refused to continue. She joined the Fellowship Programme. She fought back.
Today, Pooja is free. She has reconnected with her daughters, restarted her own education, and is working to ensure no girl in her community faces what she did.
Her dream — a community where every girl chooses her own path — is becoming real, one girl at a time.