From awareness to action
Clear steps and your rights after sexual harassment or abuse.
For anyone, whatever your age. Whether it happened to you or to someone you care about.
Need help now?
- 112Emergency Police, ambulance, fire. Any hour.
- 181Women's helpline For women facing violence or harassment. 24 hours.
- 1098Child Helpline If you're under 18, or worried about a child. 24 hours.
- 1930Cybercrime helpline For anything that happened online.
112 and 1098 are free to call, at any hour.
Where do you want to start?
It is not your fault. You don't have to work this out alone.
Also on this site
- Online abuseIf someone threatens to share intimate images of you, or makes fake ones.
- The toolkitA complete guide to what to do, where to go and what you are entitled to. We are finishing it now.
- WorkshopsSessions in schools and colleges across Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.
- AboutWho is behind Aagaaz, why it started, and how to get in touch.
What Aagaaz is
Aagaaz means “a beginning”. We are a student-led project in the Tri-City. We explain, in plain language, what to do, where to go and what you are entitled to after sexual harassment or abuse.
The help already exists: free medical care, a free lawyer, the right to give a statement at home instead of at a police station. Most people are never told. We run workshops in schools and colleges, and we are writing a toolkit that puts it all in one place.