25/02/2026
✨Teachers as champions of adolescent girls empowerment
👥 In over 200 government schools across Karnataka, teachers trained as Kishori Club Facilitators, are having important conversations with adolescent girls that no one else will. Through Kishori Clubs, they are creating spaces where adolescent girls can ask questions about their changing bodies, overcoming gender norms and most importantly, about navigating the internet safely.
❓Adolescence comes with curiosities that families and schools often avoid addressing. When girls look for answers online without guidance, they encounter platforms designed to be addictive, content reinforcing gender stereotypes, and risks like cyberbullying. What they rarely find: accurate information or adults they can confide in.
✊🏽Kishori Clubs change that.
💡Kishori Clubs are a cornerstone component of the Hosa Dishe programme – an adolescent girls empowerment initiative in collaboration with the Karnataka state departments of education and social welfare, supported by the BT Group and British Asian Trust .
