Project

Strengthening village systems to ensure safety, coordination, and accountability.

About the Project

The Gender Harmony project delivers a curriculum that trains women and community leaders in digital literacy, family and emotional wellbeing, gender awareness, and legal response pathways for gender-based violence.’

Participants engage their communities as Gender Point Persons to create locally tailored actions that promote safer households and improve access to support services.

The initiative also works with village-level committees and institutions to strengthen referral systems and long-term engagement in prevention and response efforts.

Launch Year: 2026

Project Type: Community-Based Implementation & Prevention Systems Strengthening

Location: Bangarpet Taluk, Kolar District, Karnataka

Duration: 24 March 2026 – 2027

Why Gender Harmony Matters

Gender-based violence remains widespread in Karnataka, while access to safety and support services remains limited.

In districts like Kolar, gaps in coordination, follow-up, and accountability often prevent timely and effective responses, leaving affected individuals and families to navigate fragmented systems on their own.

Weak prevention and response mechanisms can reinforce silence, isolation, and stigma, making help-seeking feel risky and inaccessible.

Creating Sustainable Change

• 01 – Strengthen community awareness and attitudes related to GBV.
• 02 – Build and sustain women-led local mechanisms including Social Action Committees.
• 03 – Improve coordination and referral pathways connecting women and families to services.
• 04 – Produce evidence on effective, scalable and sustainable implementation approaches.

A Scalable Community-Centered Model

Gender Harmony uses a multi-tiered, women-centered approach that combines household-level norm change with village-level service linkage systems. Through participatory training, community action, and locally led prevention mechanisms, the project creates a scalable model addressing both prevention and response that can be adapted across diverse communities.

• Household Level
  Transforming attitudes, relationships, and gender norms within families.
• Community Action
  Training women leaders, mobilizing communities, and strengthening local ownership.
• System Linkages
  Connecting communities with safety, legal, health, and support services.
• Prevention + Response + Sustainability
  By combining social norm change, community participation, and institutional coordination, Gender Harmony creates a sustainable model that can be replicated and scaled across rural communities.

Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

Leadership & Collaborators

An Initiative of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham – AMMACHI Labs & CWEGE

Government of Karnataka, WCD, ASHA, Anganwadi Workers, Gram Panchayat, Bangarpet PD & CDPO, One Stop Sakhi Center, Amrita SREE SHGs