Her Haq began in 2019 as Girl Up Rise, when Aanya and Soumya met at Lady Shri Ram College and bonded over a shared vision of gender justice. What started as a student-led initiative has grown into a youth-powered nonprofit working across six states, leading community-driven programs advancing women's rights, public dialogue, and grassroots research
Her Haq was born from a sense of discontent and hope. Discontent with the way policy conversations too often exclude the people most affected. And hope that there could be a better way, one that starts with listening, not prescribing. What began as a small student-led initiative quickly grew into a youth-powered nonprofit with a clear mission: to centre the voices of women and girls in shaping the systems that impact their lives. From the very beginning, our work has been grounded in one simple belief—those closest to the problem should lead the way in solving it.
At Her Haq, we work at the intersection of grassroots lived experience and systemic change. We research, convene, and co-create solutions with communities who are too often spoken for instead of spoken with. Our projects span digital safety workshops, community-led research, legal advocacy, and public convenings like Haq Summit and Charcha, which bring together experts, policymakers, and citizens in collective dialogue. We aim to be positively disruptive, pushing back against outdated systems while working constructively with decision-makers to close the gaps that perpetuate inequality. Our goal isn't just to critique what exists, but to help build what's missing: inclusive, accountable, and feminist structures that respond to the real needs of real people.
We are not here to lead from above but to work alongside stakeholders. Her Haq is a bridge between communities and institutions, between everyday realities and systemic reform. And we are just getting started.
At Her Haq, we don't drop in with solutions, we build alongside. Our process is iterative, grounded, and deeply human.
We engage with women and girls in classrooms, communities, and online to understand what is missing, working, and needs change. This is foundational, not tokenistic.
Design emerges from lived experience. We develop practical, participatory tools, workshops, and resources—menstrual hygiene campaigns, digital safety guides, policy briefs—grounded in real needs.
We focus on long-term empowerment. Programs are designed to equip people to advocate, navigate systems, and share knowledge. We strengthen agency through access to resources and policy knowledge.
We connect micro-level insights to macro-level change. We translate on-the-ground learning into evidence, campaigns, and conversations that advocate for better laws, safer platforms, and more inclusive systems.
Conversation drives change. We convene communities, experts, and institutions through events like Haq Summit, Charcha, and small-format gatherings. These are spaces for listening, reflection, and collaborative solution-finding—incubators for collective strategy.
Communities, needs, and systems are dynamic. Our work remains adaptive, driven by feedback, open to iteration, and always accountable to the people we serve.