Why India needs more “Gulabi Gangs”

Gulabi Gang, a self made all women organization started in 2006 by a handful of Indian women vigilantes and social activists hailing from the banda district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. The organization was initially started with the objective of supporting and helping out Indian rural women who suffer at the hands of Indian men in the banda district only. The success of the movement in achieving its core objective by helping the women of the banda district to fight against the social injustice, domestic violence and the patriarchal mindset of Indian society gave the movement a lot of momentum and national recognition. The movement transcended all the barriers and it has now become a national phenomena. Today, it has more than ten thousand volunteers, social and women right activists, working really hard for uplifting the sorry state of affairs of Indian rural women.




Indian women since ages have been suffering at the hands of Indian men through the realms of social injustice and gender bias. The prevalence of domestic violence, female foeticide, early girl child marriage, trafficking of young girls has been the major reason for the present abysmal condition of women in the country. And, the absolute oblivious behaviour of our government just adds to the travesty and woefulness of the situation. In majority of the cases, no financial aid is given by the government to these organizations, which vouch and fight for the rights of the women, and in the rest of the cases, the help given is insufficient.


The things have started to change but the change is too slow to be of any relevance. India needs a more comprehensive policy to tackle these issues and hence bring about a change in the system, and these changes can only be brought through public-private partnerships. Indian govt. needs to collaborate with these women self help groups, organizations, movements and provide them with necessary aids to bring about a structural change in this men dominated patriarchal society. India needs more organizations like gulabi gang which can help further the cause.