From Youth Circle Participant to Collective President
Anamta's journey began in local girls' circles where she opened conversations on dowry and adolescent rights. Through facilitation, household outreach, and campaign leadership, she grew into a community organizer trusted by families, youth groups, and partners. Today she anchors strategy, partnerships, and field action for Gender Nyay Collective while mentoring the next generation of young leaders.
Anamta began her leadership journey through the Udaan process, where she worked with a sub-group of girls on adolescent awareness and anti-dowry conversations. What started as small dialogue circles gradually became a consistent community effort to question harmful norms and build safer spaces for girls.
As a facilitator, she helped organize creative competitions, peer sessions, and neighborhood meetings that made sensitive issues easier to discuss in homes and public forums. Her approach combined empathy with persistence, ensuring that youth voices were heard by families, local leaders, and institutions.
Over time, Anamta took on broader responsibilities in networking, partner coordination, and field planning. She now leads Gender Nyay Collective as President, strengthening collaboration across programs and ensuring that strategy remains grounded in everyday community realities.
Her leadership is rooted in the belief that lasting gender justice requires both systems thinking and local trust. She focuses on enabling young women to move from participation to leadership so that change is sustained by communities themselves.