Archive · 24 May 2025
Apurva's Journey: Supporting Incarcerated Women in Jharkhand
Apurva Vivek, a lawyer, is helping women in Jharkhand prisons.
She started by offering literacy classes and realized they needed more support.
Now, her organization, Hashiya, provides legal aid, mental health counseling, and art therapy.
They also help women understand legal papers and advocate for their rights.
Apurva and her team support women both during and after their prison time.
They focus on what the women need and are expanding their work to other prisons.
Apurva aims to ensure these women have access to their rights and support after release.
Apurva Vivek, a lawyer, founded Hashiya to support incarcerated women.
Hashiya provides legal aid, education, and mental health support.
Her work began with literacy classes in 2013.
Hashiya formally launched in 2022 and now works inside the Hotwar Central Jail.
Apurva is working to expand support systems for women after their release.
- Who
- Apurva Vivek, founder of Hashiya Socio-Legal Centre for Women
- What
- A socio-legal center providing support to incarcerated women
- When
- Started in 2013, formally launched Hashiya in 2022
- Where
- Jharkhand, India
- Why
- To provide legal aid, education, mental health support, and skilling to incarcerated women.
- Apurva's Law Degree
- Christ University, Bangalore
- Apurva's Master's Degree
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
- Apurva's Role
- Founder-Director of Hashiya Socio-Legal Centre for Women
- Location of Current Work
- Hotwar Central Jail
- Services Offered
- Legal aid, education, mental health, skilling
- Hashiya's Formal Launch
- 2022
- Manual push for reproductive rights
- Jharkhand prison manual