The film Corona Nahi, Karuna! (Compassion, Not Corona) showcases how the team young girls at Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT), started a #campaign to highlight how important compassion was in the time of a worldwide pandemic and brought awareness around #COVID-19. From identifying and addressing fake news, rumours and myths about the virus to setting up relief measures for team members and programme participants, the Young Women Leaders were spreading the message of compassion for the wellbeing of all. The team of young girls at FAT engaged with all programme participants through various online platforms and tried to understand the needs of each family. They provided support with medical, psychosocial and ration relief. It was started with 61 girls and 20 staff members in March 2020 that saw about 50 girls taking action and mobilizing community support for their immediate wellbeing.
A film made by young women leaders from different remote villages in Bihar. With the campaign against Early and Forced marriage, they were trained by FAT to use storytelling to advocate for their rights. They used this film to campaign for their rights against early and forced marriages in their villages.
'Akhir Kyun', or in English 'But Why?', is a film that tells the stories of over a dozen girls who live in various villages in Bihar. From being forced to marry at a young age, to being denied education because she's a girl, this film seeks to educate the world on the struggles faced by these young women and inspire a discourse to ask why this problem exists any longer.
Discover Football and its partners organised a football festival for girls in Goa in 2017, FAT was the media partner in the festival. We conducted training on 3 topics for the players: Gender, Photography skills and Social media for activism. The event was video-covered by 2 of young women leaders (Deepika and Renu) learning to be filmmakers under the guidance of Pooja Pant of Voices of Women Media, Nepal, and the film was edited by Bikkil Sthapit from Kathmandu.
A film made in 2018 by young girl campaigners of Delhi against Early and Forced marriages on women rights and empowerment, health, education and other important issues that impact their everyday lives.
Using the film "Todo Bandishen", 31 girl leaders ran a campaign against Early and Forced Marriage in 2016. Collectively with local partners and our girl leaders, we were able to reach more than 10,000 people directly with the message that the girls wanted to deliver. This film covers the journey of home screenings of Todo Bandishen followed by discussions where girls spoke to elders of their community on such a complicated and sensitive issue.
Adil Hussain's appeal for the MakeIT2BreakIT Campaign. With the campaign FAT wanted to showcase a story of change, made possible by girls who were creating stuff using STEM approaches and breaking gender stereotypes. Thus emerged the name MakeIT2BreakIT, a literal translation of what the Lab is doing in the life of these girls. The campaign was an effort to raise funds to sustain the Jugaad Lab - an initiative of Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT)
Made in 2011 by the girls of Tech Center, Young Women Leadership Program. This was the first video project that girls did after the Tech Center began in 2010. These girls first learn basic camera handling skills and the internet while understanding issues related to girls rights.
What Women Wish (WWW), a French organization, came to India and worked with us in our tech center in the month of August 2011. This video interview with Gayatri was made by WWW. They say: "We particularly like the FAT for its very personalized approach to teaching ICT, taking full account of the psychological environment of each of their students." This video explains the main activities in the FAT tech center and training What Women Wish gave in August 2011.
The film showcases the responses and journeys of community engagement by girls through screening of 2 earlier films by participants of FAT's Young Women's Leadership Program in Bihar