‘Engineer by Education,
Social Entrepreneur by Choice’ is what you read
when you go through the Facebook and Instagram profiles of Mr. Harshit Gupta. A 22-year old youngster who completed his
graduation from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, is the founder of
Womenite.
Womenite – When understood in the right sense, there
is no reason why you shouldn’t be a feminist
Commenced in 2015, Womenite is a Non-Profit
organisation having a team of youth committed to bringing a change in the
society through education, love and empowerment. The three major issues
highlighted by Womenite are Child Sexual Abuse, Gender Equality and Menstrual
Hygiene. By delivering sessions on these issues in various schools and
colleges, the Change Makers are educating children and youth. They are
tirelessly and passionately working towards spreading awareness by means of a
number of online as well as offline campaigns.
Child
Sexual Abuse : With increasing cases of Child
Sexual Abuse, Womenite is raising the bar by openly discussing about the forms
and impacts of Child Sexual Abuse. It has delivered and is incessantly
delivering sessions and conducting workshops on this issue with an audience of children
of 5-14 years of age.
Gender
Equality : In today’s dynamic world, there are
still certain places where patriarchy can be witnessed. Womenite is trying to
combat the stereotypes questioning the skills of woman as an independent being.
Various workshops are conducting highlighting the importance of Gender Equality
and why we still need to ponder upon this issue.
Menstrual
Hygiene : Menstruation is no longer a topic to
discuss in four-walled room. Womenite is working on eliminating the myths
related to natural menstrual cycle and hygiene management. The workshops on
Menstrual Hygiene aims at covering the topics like what is menstruation, how
and why it occurs, health tips and medical issues.
In January 2018, the founder of Womenite,
Mr. Harshit Gupta, received the ‘National
Youth Award’ in the National Youth Festival 2018. The award was handed over
by Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The festival was
inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through Video
Conferencing. It is a notable achievement as Womenite completed its three years
in January 2018 and within a few years, the founder has been recognised and
awarded.
Moreover, Womenite, in association with
District Magistrate, North Delhi organised ‘Aaghaaz
– Meri Beti Meri Taakat’ on 10th march 2018. Ms. Dipa Karmakar, first female Indian
gymnast to win Bronze Medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was the chief guest
for the event. A number of performances highlighting the importance of girl
child were held. The event ended with the graceful performance of Nizami Brothers.
Womenite’s other achievements include :
- Getting an invitation to the UN Women’s Headquarters in New York for a Browng Bag activity
- The founder, Mr. Harshit Gupta,
is highly commended runners-up for the Queen’s Young Leader Award chosen by HH
Queen Elizabeth II.
One advice that Mr. Harshit
Gupta would like to give to people who wish to start an NGO is ‘ Entrepreneurs don’t aim to make a million
dollar, they aim to impact the lives of a million people’.
- By Aarzoo Kareer
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