Red Brigade Trust
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| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Ajay Patel, Usha Vishwakarma |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Women`s Rights, Safety and Empowerment |
| Location | |
Area served | India |
| Method | Awareness Campaigns, Protests, Nukkad Natak, Self Defense Training |
Chief Managing Trustee | Ajay Patel |
| Website | redbrigadetrust |
Red Brigade Trust is a non-governmental organization[1] located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was formed in 2011 by Ajay Patel and Usha Vishwakarma and focuses on empowering women through self-defense education.[2][3][4]
About
In 2010, while conducting a workshop with teenage girls, Ajay Patel and his team discovered that most of the participants were sexually assaulted in their own houses by their own family members or close relatives[citation needed]. Along with a group of 15 girls, most of them the victim of one or other form of sexual assault, they decided to fight back. Red Brigade Trust was formed by a group of survivors of sexual violence under the leadership of Ajay Patel and Usha Vishwakarma.[5] The group was officially registered as a trust in 2014 with Ajay Patel being the Managing Trustee and Usha being the Assistant Trustee/Secretary.
Grant partner
FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund is the grant partner for Red Brigade since 2014.[6]
What is FRIDA
References
- ^ Srivastava, Richa (16 September 2013). "Lucknow Red Brigade girls have a worldwide fan following". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Agarwal, Priyangi (8 March 2013). "Red Brigade takes guard against women tormentors on Lucknow streets". Times of India. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Chamberlain, Gethin (6 April 2013). "Women hit back at India's rape culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Big B hails Lucknow`s `Red Brigade` girls". Zee News. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Meet 'Red Brigade' From UP, A Group Of Young Women That's Giving It Back To Rapists & Molesters". IndiaTimes.com News. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Living and learning feminism with young girls in Lucknow". FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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