Prajnya has been a Chennai-based non-profit that conducts research, engages in public education
and supports building networks of individuals and organisations for change
towards peace, justice and human security.
Our two main areas of work have been gender equality related issues and peace education.
March 31, 2025 would have been Prajnya's last day.
As such, we are grateful for your interest and support but will no longer be able to accept donations. Thank you!
What's New
Gender Violence in India 2023-24 Report
The latest (and last) GVR is now online.
Prajnya Annual Report
A consolidated report for 2021-24.
Rajaram Fellowship Paper NEW!
Arshie Qureshi's paper on domestic violence redressal during Kashmir's communication shutdowns.
Tamil Nadu Directory of Support Services
Based on a mapping done for the Surviving Violence project, we bring you a listing of essential Tamil Nadu government and non-governmental support services available for women who have experienced sexual and gender-based violence.
2022 Prajnya 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence Report
The 2022 Campaign Report is online now. Check out what we did this year!
2022 Gender Violence in India report
The 2022 GVR is online now. It includes a new section on intersectionalities and gender violence.
In the Shadow of Conflict
An overview of support services available to survivors of gender-based violence in Kashmir, plus a Directory of Resources.
The Prajnya Trustees would like to record our acknowledgement
of the journey undertaken in the last 18 years.
Starting very small, everyday has been a surprise,
every tomorrow has been a challenge and still,
we have walked far enough that looking back fills us with pride.
We recall the excitement, the laughter, the enthusiasm,
the camaraderie and the hard work of all our
team members, volunteers, interns and Trustees over the years.
We remember with gratitude our supporters-–
the donors who gave us money generously,
the partners who welcomed our ideas
and suggestions and worked with us and
the resource people, blog contributors and speakers
who made our programmes a reality.
This has been a journey undertaken
with love, integrity and imagination.
Starting as one person’s idea, we have spun
a strong network of partnerships and
an enduring community of mutual support.
These solidarities will remain long after Prajnya is gone.
We end this journey with pride and with gratitude.
Politics, Security and Gender (PSG)
Women’s work and contributions in the public sphere, the gendered impact of policy and gender politics in general were the starting point of Prajnya’s work. There are two dimensions to our work in this area: creating gender violence awareness and highlighting issues related to women's public sphere participation. The Prajnya Archives, a user-generated, visual repository of images of women's public sphere presence and work, is an important element of the latter.
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Gender Violence Research and Information Taskforce (GRIT)
Over fifteen years, creating awareness about gender-based violence has become the most visible part of Prajnya's work. The Prajnya 16 Days Campaign against Gender Violence is the highlight, the public face of this work as we organise both real and virtual events and activities to create awareness about prevalence, prevention, rights and support related to gender violence. More quietly, around the year, we conduct sensitisation and training programmes for a variety of audiences. We support and conduct research, as well as public education activities.
Education for Peace Initiative (EPI)
Peace is at the core of Prajnya's founding vision. Peace education is the path we chose, working with children and adults, through formal and informal means. Our early work was focused on schools but with the pandemic, we moved to online lecture series and courses that are open to all. The Peace Blog has been home to many of our outreach initiatives, including calls for poetry.
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Capacity-building
Prajnya is mandated to work to build networks. Building capacity in the social sector is an important part of this, in our view. The 'Our City, Our Rights' (Namathu Nagaram Namathu Urimai) process is a civic rights education programme for communities, teaching about safety, water, sanitation and public transport as rights, as well as enabling simple documentation processes to support demands for entitlements. Our Thoduvaanamseries offers volunteers a platform to share their skills in short training sessions that are meant primarily for our colleagues in the social sector.