India, Dec. 2 -- Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in Indore has transformed the lives of over 11,000 tribal girls since 1985.

The institute has equipped them with education, vocational skills and environmental awareness.

This has led to breaking social barriers, starting businesses and inspiring their communities toward empowerment and sustainable living.

Rekha Rathore, aged 30, from Badi Kalmer near Hatod in Indore district, got engaged when she was just 12. She might have been doing non-remunerative work in the village if not for a visit in 2010 to a development institute in Indore that taught her the value of education and empowerment. Now she has a master's degree in sociology and is an assistant trainer at the same inst...