Presentation made at an IFPRI event on "What Lies Beneath: Women’s and Girls’ Wellbeing as a Critical Underpinning of India’s Nutritional Challenge" on December 10, 2018, in New Delhi

2. India’s first teen age girls survey was done by Project Nanhi Kali.
Project Nanhi Kali is jointly managed by KC Mahindra Education
Trust and Naandi Foundation, since 2005.
Project Nanhi Kali has supported over 300,000 girls in 15
states to complete ten years of basic schooling and stay safe in
their communities.
Project Nanhi Kali current operations are spread across
Maharashtra, NCR region, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu – supporting 160,000 girls.
www.nanhikali.org
www.naandi.org
www.kcmet.org

3. Tagged’em all

5. Girls
are in
school
80.6%
girls are
currently
studying

7. Girls currently going to school/college (%)
77.9
87.2
80.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
Rural Urban Total

8. Girls currently going to school/college (%)
74.8
89.4
80.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
Low wealth quintile High wealth quintile Total

9. Girls currently going to school/college (%)
90.8
81.8
72.6
65.5
80.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years 19 years Total
Age Categories

10. 95.8%
girls are
unmarried
Are child brides
a thing of the past?

11. Is 21 is the
new 18?
73.3%
girls want to
marry after
the age of 21

12. 70%
girls wish to pursue higher
studies
74.3%
girls want to work after studies
and have a specific career in
mind
87.8% girls want to learn English
87.6%
girls want to learn how to use
a computer

14. girls are
anaemic
51.8%

16. 47.6 47.9 49.0 48.5 48.2
0
20
40
60
80
100
13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years 19 years Total
Age categories
Girls with normal level of haemoglobin (%)

17. Girls with normal level of haemoglobin (%)
46.8
51.5
48.2
0
20
40
60
80
100
Rural Urban Total

18. Girls with normal level of haemoglobin (%)
46.2
51.2 48.2
0
20
40
60
80
100
Low wealth quintile High wealth quintile Total

19. girls have
adequate
BMI
46.3%

20. 34.2
48.1
55.0 56.9
46.3
0
20
40
60
80
100
13-14 years 15-16 years 17-18 years 19 years Total
Age categories
Girls with adequate level of nutrition (BMI) %

21. Girls with adequate level of nutrition (BMI) %
44.6
50.5
46.3
0
20
40
60
80
100
Rural Urban Total

22. Girls with adequate level of nutrition (BMI) %
43.9
49.9
46.3
0
20
40
60
80
100
Low wealth quintile High wealth quintile Total

24. 39.8%
girls
defecate
in the
open
It’s still
out in the
open

25. Girls who still have to resort to open defecation (%)
49.0
18.0
39.8
0
20
40
60
80
100
Rural Urban Total

26. Girls who still have to resort to open defecation (%)
49.4
25.5
39.8
0
20
40
60
80
100
Low wealth quintile High wealth quintile Total

27. 45.6%
girls follow
unhygienic
menstrual
practices
Right to
Dignity?

28. Menstruation – hygienic material used (%)
46.3
73.1
54.4
0
20
40
60
80
100
Rural Urban Total

29. Menstruation – hygienic material used (%)
42.6
71.6
54.4
0
20
40
60
80
100
Low wealth quintile High wealth quintile Total

31. New Age Skills (NAS)
If needed, can you do these without help of anyone else?
1. Fill forms in English or local language
2. Receive and make calls using a mobile phone
3. Do Google Search and send/receive emails
4. Use WhatsApp or Facebook
5. Make a document on laptop/computer in English
6. Withdraw money from an ATM machine/bank/post office
7. Ask a male stranger for help
8. Travel alone for a journey that is 4 hours or more
9. Live alone in a house/flat for at least a week
10. Go to a police station to file a complaint

32. New Age Skills (NAS) - %
Girls who scored by each skill(%)
91.4
70.1
60.7
51.8
47.6
46.3
43.5
29.8
27.0
22.6
0 20 40 60 80 100
Receive and make calls using a mobile phone
Fill forms in English or local language
Ask a male stranger for help
Travel alone for a journey that is 4 hours or more
Go to a police station to file a complaint
Withdraw amount from ATM/bank/post office
Live alone including sleeping alone at night in a house/flat for atleast a week
Do Google search and send and recieve emails
Use WhatsApp/Facebook (social media)
Make a document on laptop/computer in English

33. First Ever
TAG Index

34. Top 5 States
1 Kerala
2 Mizoram
3 Sikkim
4 Manipur
5 Himachal Pradesh

35. Indicators used for building the TAG Index
• Currently enrolled in educational institution
• Never married
• No open defecation
• Hygienic menstrual protection
• Normal haemoglobin levels
• Normal Body Mass Index
• Five or more New Age Skills
• Own mobile phone
• Age appropriate schooling

36. 3,50,000 girls supported so far
1,65,858 today in the programme

37. #ListenToHer