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EKTA meaning unity was initiated in 1990 as a Resource Centre for women. With gender Just society as its vision, Ekta works with diverse stakeholders; the students, elected women representatives and policy makers and implementers by adopting multiple strategies. With the founding team’s strong roots in the women’s movement, it adopted a gender and development approach to women’s issues; with a particular focus on violence against women. The organization has continued to meet the important challenges of keeping momentum at the grassroots level and, at the same time, creating leverage with advocacy initiatives at the State and National level. Post Tsunami, EKTA started working in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, with the goal of strengthening education of girl children, and livelihoods and promoting the rights of single women. This district was one of the worst affected by the Tsunami in Tamil Nadu.