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The Gulabi Gang (from Hindi gulabi, "pink") is a female vigilante group in India. Sampat Pal Devi started the group in 2006 in Banda District, Uttar Pradesh. [1] . The group is dedicated to empowering women of all castes and protecting them from domestic violence, sexual violence, and oppression.
The Gulabi Gang is an extraordinary women’s movement formed in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi in the Banda District of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India.
The Gulabi Gang kept a watch on all community activities and protested vociferously when they saw any manifestation of injustice or malpractice. On one occasion, when Sampat Pal went to the local police station to register a complaint, a policeman abused and attacked her.
Meet India’s ‘pink-saree crusaders’, the rod wielding vigilantes that strike fear into the hearts of potential abusers through the power of unity and sisterhood – The Gulabi Gang. For the last thirteen years, Sampatpal Devi and her gang have been relentlessly pursuing one vision.
Mar 4, 2014 · Gulabi Gang: India’s women warriors. An all-women vigilante group captures popular imagination by wielding sticks and taking on villains. The Gulabi Gang now boasts of 400,000 members spread...
Jan 9, 2014 · Here's presenting the trailer of Gulaab Gang, presented by Bharat Shah, produced by Anubhav Sinha and directed by Soumik Sen, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla in never-seen-before avatars...
Dressed in a bright pink sari and armed with a lathi (bamboo stick), 55-year old Sampat Pal seems an unlikely adversary for corrupt policemen, crooked politicians and abusive husbands. Yet this extraordinary woman leads the 20,000-strong Gulabi Gang in India: a grassroots female vigilante group fighting against women's oppression and injustice.
What We Do. Stop child marriages. Persuade families to educate girl-child. Train women in self-defense. Oppose corruption in administration. Create awareness about the evils of dowry. Register FIRs against sex-offenders and abusive husbands. Publicly shame molesters. Encourage women to become financially independent.
Jan 25, 2015 · The Gulabi Gang in India is challenging the caste system, empowering women and crusading for the rights of the poor, but some question whether it can drive real and lasting cultural change.
Jun 10, 2022 · The Gulabi Gang. In the early 2000s, Sampat Pal Devi, a villager from India's Uttar Pradesh state, started a women's rights group which now has thousands of followers across the country. Show...
