Sustainability, Women’s Leadership, and Community Transformation

Anuradha Bhosale is a renowned Indian social activist and the Co‑Founder and Chairperson of Avani, a grassroots organization in Kolhapur, India dedicated to protecting children and empowering women. Once a child laborer herself, she has spent over 25 years rescuing thousands of children from exploitation and advancing community‑led development. Sustainability, Women’s Leadership, and Community Transformation Thursday, March 19 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., in-person and virtual In this keynote, Anuradha Bhosale will explore how waste management and sustainability initiatives—including zero-waste training, composting enterprises, and environmental education—create dignified, eco-friendly livelihoods for marginalized communities. She will highlight her extensive work in women’s empowerment through education, showing how supporting mothers’ literacy, economic stability, and leadership directly keeps children in school and breaks cycles of child labor. Register here: https://crimsonconnect.du.edu/GSSW/rsvp_boot?id=2275950