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31/03/2026
Across communities, women are at the center of everyday change.
This was reflected in how International Women’s Day was celebrated across 10 states in CORD’s focused Gram Panchayats with a total of 2000+ Mahila Mandal members who made the day full of energy and joy.
While each celebration looked different, the intention remained the same, to recognize the everyday ways in which women lead, support one another, and shape the direction of their communities through active participation and self-leadership.
23/03/2026
International Women’s Day was celebrated across communities through the joint efforts of CORD and Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, bringing together Mahila Mandals from several Gram Panchayats to reflect on women’s rights, health, leadership, and equality.
Events on 12th March in Indora, presided over by Kiran Attri, Block Primary Education Officer, and 15th March in Gram Panchayat Nagni, with Ranbir Singh Nikka, MLA, as Chief Guest, saw participation from over 380 women from 35 Mahila Mandals. Women shared their voices through speeches, rallies, cultural performances, and a powerful street play on gender discrimination.
Part of the International Women’s Day Fortnight, the events strengthened awareness on legal rights, health, nutrition, and government schemes, while reaffirming the role of Mahila Mandals in advancing grassroots women’s empowerment.
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CORD is a national trust formed in 2003. It was formed to expand further nationally comprehensive integrated rural development of Chinmaya Rural Primary Health Care and Training Centre (CRPHC&TC) founded in 1985, a development wing of Chinmaya Tapovan Trust (CTT), located in district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
CORD has over 35 years of experience in comprehensive integrated rural development work in 895 villages of district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh (India). Starting in 2005, CORD embarked on replicating its success in Himachal Pradesh to other states in India Viz. Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. At present, CORD is in the process of expanding its integrated rural development program in other remote sites i.e. two sites in Uttarakhand, one site in Punjab and three Sites in District Chamba and one site in District Mandi in Himachal Pradesh reaching out to around another 300 villages.
CORD is reaching out to half a million rural people in the country through its various program components. CORD’s program has facilitated 1096 Mahila Mandals with more than 35,000 women members, 2147 Self Help Groups, 219 Farmer clubs, 657 Adolescents Girls Groups, 240 children groups known as ‘Balvihar’. CORD’s integrated program includes Community Based Livelihood, Farm and Allied sector and Non-Farm and service sector (15000 beneficiaries), Community Based Inclusion and Rehabilitation (CBIR) for people with disabilities working with more than 2128 disabled people and their parents. CORD also works in the area of Health, Nutrition and Sanitation as well as Strengthening of Local Self Government through effective Up- Gram Sabhas and Gram Sabhas in Panchayati Raj Institutions. Under the ‘Gender and Social Justice’ program under its Informal Legal Cell, it has resolved 754 out of 1007 cases. CORD is the district service provider under ‘Protection from Women from Domestic Violence Act. 2005’ for State Government.
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