Sanjog, India

Sanjog, India A non profit organisation that works in south Asia on child protection and gender using psycho-social interventions: www.sanjogindia.org

SANJOG is a technical resource organization which develops programmes, in partnership with grass root NGOs, on child rights, focussing on protection of children from sexual and economic exploitation. It is committed to strengthening grass root NGOs’ capacities in quality service delivery in education, health and livelihoods and building networks to scale up impact.

Last weekend, a community of practice began shaping a shared roadmap for collective action.Members of the came togethe...
03/08/2026

Last weekend, a community of practice began shaping a shared roadmap for collective action.

Members of the came together for the Consortium's first in-person Visioning Meet in Chennai to reflect & ask a fundamental question: What does equitable access to justice really mean & how does victim compensation enable it?

Over two days, organisations working across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & West Bengal, came together to share evidence, exchange implementation learning, reflect on diverse state experiences and collectively shape the next chapter of the Consortium. Consensus ensued:

is not charity. It is a right: Too often, compensation is viewed as financial assistance extended to survivors, but it is a legal entitlement & an essential component of reparative justice. Ensuring that survivors can access it in a timely, dignified and survivor-centred manner is fundamental to restoring agency, rebuilding lives and recognising the harm they have endured.

Justice is not only about judgements: A conviction or court order may conclude a legal process, but it does not automatically restore what has been lost. Justice must also be measured by whether survivors are able to rebuild their lives with dignity, access the support and reparations they are entitled to, and participate meaningfully in decisions that affect them.

There is no one-size-fits-all pathway to justice: The barriers survivors face differ across states, systems and lived realities. Strengthening access to justice therefore requires approaches that are responsive to diverse contexts rather than uniform processes, ensuring that implementation remains equitable, survivor-centred and grounded in local realities.

We are stronger together: No single organisation holds all the answers. By bringing together years of practice, evidence and implementation experience from across the country, the Raahat Consortium creates space for organisations to learn from one another, strengthen practice collectively and build stronger, more responsive systems for survivors.

The conversations in Chennai may have concluded, but they have also sparked new questions, stronger relationships and a renewed commitment to learn, build and act together. The shared roadmap has only just begun. Because better justice is built together. More is to come. Stay tuned!

Raahat - Compensate Victims

Human trafficking doesn't happen because one thing goes wrong.It happens when vulnerabilities intersect. When systems fa...
30/07/2026

Human trafficking doesn't happen because one thing goes wrong.

It happens when vulnerabilities intersect. When systems fail. When rights remain out of reach. That's why responding to human trafficking cannot begin and end with a single intervention.

It must create an ecosystem where relief is immediate, rehabilitation is community-based, reparation is accessible, and resilience is sustained.

Where justice systems respond.
Where victim compensation is realised as a right - not charity.
Where communities protect instead of stigmatise.
Where mental wellbeing, livelihoods and survivor leadership are recognised as essential to justice.

For over 14 years, this is what Sanjog has worked to strengthen.

Not isolated programmes. An interconnected ecosystem.

This 30 July, on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we invite you to rethink anti-trafficking.

Not as an act of rescue.

But as a commitment to relief, rehabilitation, reparation and resilience—all centred on one idea:

Equity.

Because when every part of the ecosystem moves together, justice doesn't just respond to exploitation. It restores rights. Rebuilds dignity. Expands opportunity. And makes exploitation harder to sustain.

Sanjog India

The first time we're coming together.This August, members of the Consortium will gather in Chennai for their first IN-...
26/07/2026

The first time we're coming together.

This August, members of the Consortium will gather in Chennai for their first IN-PERSON convening.

For the first time, organisations that have been learning together virtually will come together in one room.

Over two days, we will:
• Reflect on evidence from practice.
• Exchange implementation learning.
• Strengthen relationships.
• Learn from one another's state contexts.
• Co-create the next phase of Raahat.

The agenda isn't simply about planning. It's about transforming years of individual learning into a shared roadmap for collective action.

HumanRights

Are you excited? We are!

Mental health conversations often focus on the individual, and how to bring well-being "to" the individual. What Count U...
08/07/2026

Mental health conversations often focus on the individual, and how to bring well-being "to" the individual. What Count Us In reserach begins with is the premise that mental well-being cannot be separated from the conditions in which people live.

The Count Us In study explores how exclusion, discrimination, economic insecurity, limited participation, and fragile support systems shape mental wellbeing across six marginalised communities in Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

The findings remind us that wellbeing is shaped not only by an individual's resilience to adversity, but also by the environments they live in, the opportunities they can access, and whether they are treated with dignity.

Sometimes, to find a truer answer, you need to reframe the question.

[Count Us In, Mental Well-being, Belonging, Living In Exclusion, Systems Change]

What happens when you stop feeling like you belong? You don't just lose access to spaces; you lose the confidence to acc...
01/07/2026

What happens when you stop feeling like you belong?

You don't just lose access to spaces; you lose the confidence to access them, exist in them.

In the Count Us In study that interacted with six marginalised communities in Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, 60% of participants reported "avoiding public spaces because they did not feel they belonged".

When exclusion becomes an everyday reality, withdrawal becomes a way of coping. What does this tell us about the relationship between belonging and mental wellbeing? Comment below.

[Living In Exclusion, Count Us In, Belonging Matters, Mental Wellbeing]

29/06/2026

What shapes mental wellbeing? There are no right or wrong answers, but there are obvious ("it's so logical!") and surprising ("oh really?") ones.

We came across both through the Count Us In research and will be unveiling what communities taught us about exclusion, belonging, dignity, and wellbeing over the coming weeks.

For now, take a guess?

[Count Us In, Community-Led Research, Mental Health, Lived Experience , ILFAT, Sanjog, Systems Change]

What happens when access to opportunities, entitlements, and decision-making depends on who you are, where you come from...
24/06/2026

What happens when access to opportunities, entitlements, and decision-making depends on who you are, where you come from, or whether you fit the system's checklist?

Count Us In, a joint initiative by Sanjog and ILFAT, asks a simple question.

What is the relationship between exclusion and mental health?

Over the last year, members of ILFAT (ilfat) —India's first federation of people with lived experiences- have been mentored by Sanjog to undertake community-led research.

Across diverse marginalised communities, Count Us In Fellows documented experiences of exclusion, discrimination, barriers to entitlements, and the everyday realities that shape well-being, belonging, dignity, and mental health.

This is not research conducted on communities. It is research led by people whose lives are shaped by the systems they are examining.

Over the coming weeks, we will share the journeys, questions, insights, and reflections of the Fellows themselves, and how the process of community research became a journey of identity, leadership, and collective knowledge-building.

Their stories challenge how we understand distress; their research asks a deeper question:

Whose experiences are counted, and whose remain invisible?

[Count Us In, Community-Led Research, Mental Health, Lived Experience, Systems Change]

Mental health is often framed as an individual issue, something that can be understood through diagnosis, treatment, or ...
22/06/2026

Mental health is often framed as an individual issue, something that can be understood through diagnosis, treatment, or personal resilience alone.

But have you wondered that distress could shaped by something larger? By factors that may be out of individual control but have a detrimental impact on one's environment of safety, belongingness and well-being?

The Count Us In endeavour - a joint initiative by Sanjog and ILFAT ( Integrated Leaders Forum Against Trafficking (ILFAT) ) was conceived from this question: What happens to the mental health of individuals and communities who are excluded from opportunities, face discrimination because of their identity, struggle to access basic entitlements, or feel unheard in decisions that affect their lives?

Did we find any answers? Stay tuned.

Over the coming weeks, we will share how a fellowship is transforming survivor leaders with lived experiences of marginalisation into researchers who are now collecting data on exclusion and poor mental health of different marginalised communities.

You will learn about how community research has been a journey and a destination of identity building in addition to evidence building. You will learn what we learned about the irrevocable linkages between exclusion and mental health.

[Count Us In, Mental Health, Social Inclusion, Wellbeing, Social Justice, Belonging]

When Recognition Is Partial, Justice Can Be Too.14 years since the POCSO Act came into force, it remains one of the lega...
19/06/2026

When Recognition Is Partial, Justice Can Be Too.

14 years since the POCSO Act came into force, it remains one of the legal frameworks under which victim compensation is most successfully accessed.

But there is a less visible story that deserves attention.

Many girls who experience trafficking are below the age of 18 and therefore fall under the ambit of POCSO. In several cases, offences may be registered under POCSO and r**e provisions, while the trafficking dimension of their experience receives less attention within legal and institutional responses.

This raises an important systems question:

What happens when systems recognise only part of a person's experience?

For trafficked girls, vulnerability is rarely shaped by a single event. It is often produced by the intersection of violence, exploitation, poverty, gender inequality, exclusion, and limited access to rights and opportunities.

When these realities are understood through narrow legal or administrative categories, important dimensions of harm, rehabilitation, and justice can remain invisible.

At Sanjog, we view access to justice through a social equity and systems lens. This means looking beyond individual cases to understand how institutions recognise vulnerability, how systems respond to complex realities, and where gaps emerge between lived experiences and formal responses.

As we reflect on the POCSO Act, we are reminded that justice is not only about having laws and schemes in place. It is also about ensuring that systems can recognise the full realities of the people they are designed to serve.

Because what systems recognise shapes what becomes visible.

And what becomes visible often shapes who receives support, protection, rehabilitation, and justice.

[POCSO, Systems Literacy, Access To Justice, Victim Compensation, Raahat, Anti Trafficking, Social Equity, Institutional Accountability, Sanjog] Raahat - Compensate Victims

Mental health is often spoken about as an individual experience. But what if we looked beyond the individual?Through our...
16/06/2026

Mental health is often spoken about as an individual experience. But what if we looked beyond the individual?

Through our Social Inclusion portfolio, Sanjog explores how experiences of mental health and wellbeing are shaped by the conditions people live within-conditions such as exclusion, discrimination, stigma, violence, economic insecurity, and unequal access to opportunities.

This month, through the lens of Systems Literacy, we ask a simple but important question: What shapes mental health?

At the heart of our Social Inclusion portfolio is Count Us In, a survivor-led research programme that examines how exclusion impacts mental health and wellbeing across communities. Through community-based research, fellows document lived experiences that reveal how social conditions, institutions, and systems influence people's everyday realities.

Because mental health does not happen in isolation. And understanding wellbeing requires us to understand the systems that shape it.

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