ROSHNI – CWCSA

Community-led Social Action for Healthy, Inclusive and Equitable Communities

We work with women’s collectives and communities to strengthen Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH (FNHW), through Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) and knowledge-driven action.

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Equipping women collectives for action on food, nutrition, health, WASH & gender

Providing technical support to scale up FNHW interventions

Evidence-based research to strengthen programmes

Developing & documenting tools for social behaviour change

Building capacities to improve nutrition in women and girls

Who We Are

ROSHNI is a pioneering Centre committed to improving health and nutrition outcomes by advancing nutrition-sensitive behaviours through Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) approaches.

Anchored in the Department of Communication and Extension at Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, ROSHNI leverages evidence-driven strategies, community engagement, and women-led institutions to drive sustainable improvements in Food, Nutrition, Health & WASH (FNHW). Serves as a technical and knowledge management support unit for DAY-NRLM (India’s flagship poverty alleviation programme) under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The purpose is to work towards the vision of Viksit and Suposhit Bharat

What We Do

We design, test, and strengthen community-led approaches that shift the social norms, behaviors, and enabling environments needed to improve nutrition, health, sanitation, and WASH outcomes for women and adolescent girls.

Our work focuses on:

01Capacity building for women collectives
02Community-based nutrition and health interventions
03Behaviour change communication
04Knowledge sharing and evidence generation
05Strengthening grassroots leadership

By combining research with field action, ROSHNI helps communities create long-term and sustainable change.

Nutrition & Health

WASH Interventions

Women Collectives

Gender Equity

Capacity Building

Research & Knowledge Support

Creating Impact Across Communities

From 3 pilot states to 34 States/UTs across India

Map of India: the three pilot states of Swabhimaan (Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha) on the left, and India with all 34 States and Union Territories highlighted on the right

Pilot Tested as a Pilot Program (Swabhimaan)

3StatesOdisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar

4DistrictsAngul, Koraput, Bastar, Purnia

5NRLM Resource Blocks

356Revenue Villages

231Village Organisations

4175SHGs

Scaling evidence-based social behaviour change across 34 States/UTs, in partnership with Deen Dayal Upadhyay – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Ministry of Rural Development.