Red Brigade Trust
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| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| 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 2014 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. 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]
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.