Hyderabad, March 18 -- Umeed for Women, a Hyderabad-based NGO celebrated International Women's Month by organising a graduation day event for students from the organisation's FirstLeap program.

The NGO also celebrated its 10-year anniversary in March. The organisation is gearing up for the 'Sahyog' program, a training program in tandem with the Telangana Department of Education, which will take place on the 19th and 20th of March.

Umeed focuses on empowering young women

The NGO's focus is on empowering young women in Government Degree Colleges across Telangana through skill, mindset and exposure sessions, where they learn how to make decisions for themselves, negotiate with family and peers, digital literacy, and are exposed to corpora...