Transforming adolescent health to unlock agency, gender equality and a future free from intergenerational poverty
Transforming adolescent health to unlock agency, gender equality and a future free from intergenerational poverty

The Problem

Only 2 out of 5 girls complete 10 years of schooling

23% girls under 18 years are are victims of child/early/forced marriage

71% of adolescents lack access to contraceptives in India

The female labour force participation rate for India is 32%, lower than the global average of 61%

Education, Health, and Employment are interconnected challenges, especially for women and girls from marginalized communities where gender discrimination is prevalent, climate crisis is increasing their vulnerability, and there are negligible opportunities for economic participation.

Making informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health is the gateway for women to break free from the trap of intergenerational poverty, and improve the welfare of herself, her children, and her household.

About Us

Femfuture Collective began in 2018 as a storytelling campaign to promote sustainable menstruation and raise awareness about menstrual waste and its impact on health and the planet. Since 2020, we have implemented on-ground projects with community partners, focusing on menstrual health, its connection with education, and bringing attention to the intersectional lens of gender and climate.

Our Vision

All women, girls and gender diverse people deserve an access to a healthy, happy, and dignified life. Our vision is to be a catalyst for systemic interventions to impact the healthcare ecosystem through innovation, education, and action.

Our Mission

We are on a mission to nurture a cadre of 100 future health champions through an intersectional feminist lens and community leadership approach by 2030. Femfuture Collective aims to equip 10,000 young people (13-25 years old) with the necessary life skills and intelligence on sexual and reproductive health through a gender and climate lens.

Impact

adolescent girls trained in our program
1000 +
trainings conducted with partners
1 +
adopted sustainable period products
100 +

Our Work

Red Action Lab

Red Action Lab (RAL) is a 9-month, hybrid, paid action learning fellowship where we are creating a community of comprehensive sexuality educators across Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities of India. The fellows undergo capacity-building around curriculum, stakeholder engagement, and feminist leadership to evolve as agents of change in their communities. By equipping them with innovative tools and technology, we aim to foster shared leadership, collaborative learning, and ownership at the grassroots. Applications are now open.

The program has 4 core pillars: 

Experiential Curriculum

A hands-on, activity based and feminist curriculum that equips fellows with knowledge and tools on SRHR, gender, and climate justice through reflection, dialogue, and action.

Youth Leadership

Experts conduct workshops on critical skills like storytelling, building resilience, navigating bias, facilitation, feminist self-care etc.

Mentorship

Fellows are supported by leaders from the impact space and a peer learning ecosystem that centers care, accountability, and shared growth.

Community Action Project

Fellows design and lead local projects that address SRHR and climate challenges, co-created with the girls and communities they work with.

Green Period Project

Through this initiative we aim to create awareness, access, and action for menstruators to make the shift to an eco-friendly alternative for a cleaner, greener and healthier period for themselves and the planet.

We partner with government schools, youth hubs, and non-profit organizations to conduct education workshops with adolescent girls and women from disadvantaged communities and enable them with safe, correct, and relevant information about their menstrual health. We also provide online support for them in their sustainable menstruation journeys.

We partner with multiple, trustworthy sustainable period product companies to make affordable eco-friendly period products like menstrual cups, reusable cloth pads, and period underwear available at a subsidised cost.

Real Voices. Real Change.

Meet our 2025 Red Action Lab Fellows – youth leaders from Jharkhand, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh, sharing their journeys of impact. Their stories reflect how community-led change is shaping our work and impact on ground.

Archana

Location: Anantpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pardesh
RAL training program is a step forward towards my dream. It made my skills and talent much better. I am very happy that I am a part of this wonderful program. My wow moment was when we were doing a good touch and bad touch session, during that time we shared our story with the entire group and the way we supported each other – I felt that I’m in the safest place in the world, I had never felt like that before.

Saloni

Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
जमशेदपुर की तीन दिन की फ़ेलोशिप ट्रेनिंग मेरे लिए एक यादगार अनुभव रही – मैंने नए लोगों से मिलकर उन्हें जिंदगी से जुड़े संघर्ष और कहानियों को जाना, नए विषय समझे, और अपने लक्ष्यों को लेकर मुझे एक नई दिशा मिली। सबसे खास बात ये रही कि इस सफर ने मुझे अपने सपने और उन तक पहुंचने का रास्ता दिखाया

Madhu

Location: Lodhma, Khunti, Jharkhand
मैं ऐसे समाज से हूं जहां लड़कियां अपने किसी भी तरह का प्रॉब्लम नहीं बताती है ये सोचकर कि समाज क्या बोलेगा? मै रेड एक्शन ट्रेनिंग मे आगे आ कार सीखी और मेरी कोशिश है कि मैं बाकी लड़कियों सशक्त बना पाऊं, ताकि लड़कियां बहर निकल कर आ सके, अपने पीरियड्स को लेकर खुलकर बात कर पाएं। मुझे ये पता नहीं था कि हमारे शरीर में होर्मोनेस के बदलाव के कारण पीरियड्स आता है, अपने शरीर में कितने छेद है इन सभी के बारे में जानी, क्योंकि मुझे लगता था कि हमे एक जगह से ही पीरियड्स और टॉयलेट होते हैं, लेकिन ट्रेनिंग के बाद पता चला कि उनके लिए भी अलग अलग छेद हैं। मैं बहुत उत्साहित हूं कि मै सभी लड़कियों को बता पाऊं, मेरी कम्युनिटी की लड़कियां अगर जान पाएगी तो मुझे ज्यादा खुशी होगी।

Shanti

Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand
The three day training in Jamshedpur gave me a chance to come out of my comfort zone. By giving me the chance to work more professionally and connect with people from different regions but with the same interest. During the session there were many times where I got to learn something new from others and was able to share my experience without any fear. The session did not just give training but gave a different kind of comfort to encourage us to work toward our goals and bring a change in our society.

Puspalata

Location: Nimapara, Puri, Odisha
My wow moment during the RAL training was learning and unlearning about menstruation. Nitisha ma’am explained everything with research based facts, which made me realize we should question myths instead of just agreeing to them. We must ask; is it written somewhere, and is there any research proof? This training helped me break old beliefs and gave me the confidence to talk openly about menstruation in my community. It was truly a powerful and eye opening experience.

Testimonials

Since February 2023, Femfuture Collective has been one of our valued partners under the Pad for Pad program at Eco Femme. As part of this collaboration, Femfuture Collective has undergone training by Eco Femme to facilitate Menstrual Health Education sessions for adolescent girls from low-income communities. From June 2023 to April 2025, Femfuture Collective has reached 615 girls in their locations. Their team has demonstrated consistent sincerity, dedication, and enthusiasm in implementing the program.
Kathy Walking
Kathy WalkingEcofemme
It has been a pleasure working with Femfuture Collective, our knowledge partner, who have been instrumental in guiding us through difficult conversations on sexual and reproductive health. At Yuwa India Trust, we are committed to empowering young, marginalised girls through life-skills education, and it’s been invaluable to have FemFuture’s support on this journey.
Ankita Sanyal
Ankita Sanyal Head, Life-Skill Program at Yuwa India
Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of witnessing Nitisha’s journey, one marked by deep commitment, resilience, and an unwavering belief in the power of young women to lead change. Through her leadership of Femfuture Collective, she has built an inspiring platform that not only addresses urgent issues like menstrual hygiene and access to education, but also creates space for young girls to feel seen, heard, and empowered. At Youth Ki Awaaz, we’ve had the honour of supporting Nitisha as part of two Action Network Fellowships - first on menstrual health and then on girls’ education. In both, her thoughtfulness, clarity of purpose, and dedication to community-led action stood out. Femfuture is a testament to what happens when grassroots experience meets persistent vision. We look forward to continuing our support as she scales this important work.
Anshul Tewari
Anshul Tewari Founder, Youth ki Awaaz
Maatri Disha partnered with FFC through The Green Period Project, a collaboration that took us to the beautiful outskirts of Kalimpong. Amidst its lush landscapes, we had the privilege of meeting women who were not only open but deeply enthusiastic about adopting sustainable menstrual products. Through this partnership, FFC provided Ecofemme cloth pads and Boondh menstrual cups at highly subsidized rates—an incredible boost to the initiative. While they made the products affordable, we ensured they were accessible—two crucial pillars in advancing menstrual health equity.
Ritika Chettri
Ritika Chettri (Maatri Disha)- Co-Founder
The workshop not only helped me to learn more about my body and periods but it also empowered me to successfully make the switch to a menstrual cup. What I loved about the initiative is, that one was not forced to make the switch but you are provided with resources to help you understand the options available to you, thus helping you to make an informed choice for yourself and the environment.
Dikshanti BhaleraoWorkshop Participant

Our People

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Nitisha Pandey

Founder

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Michelle Sanya Tirkey

Project Management Intern

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Anshika

Volunteer (Strategy)

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Midhii

Volunteer (MEL)

Advisors and Supporters

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Suman Srivastava

Founder, Marketing Unplugged

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Shalini Menon

Facilitator, Culture builder & Org Dev

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Sharad Agarwal

Founder, Indian School of Development Management (ISDM)

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Savitha Rengabashyam

Founder, Maththi Yosi Learning

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Jaya Murthy

Investor & Philanthropist

Partners

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Recognition

NSRCEL IIM Bangalore

Impact Orbit Cohort 6 (Tech-enabled social innovation). Through this partnership we will be exploring how to leverage technology for social impact.

EarthON Foundation

EarthOn Changemakers – 1st Cohort
EarthOn is building the capacity of innovators who are addressing the world’s most pressing climate challenges.

Summit of the Future

Our Founder, Nitisha was selected as a delegate for the Summit of the Future event in New York in September 2024.

Climate Week New York

Our Founder, Nitisha was on a panel with other esteemed organizations to facilitate conversation at the intersection of gender and climate action.

Youth ki
Awaaz

Grant recipient (2020, 2023) for our digital campaigns on sustainable menstruation and exploring the intersections between menstrual health and the national education policy 2020.

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Suman Srivastava
Founder, Marketing Unplugged

Suman Srivastava is Founder of the consultancy firm, Marketing Unplugged. He is the author of two books Marketing Unplugged and Don’t Beg. Inspire. A graduate of Delhi University, IIM Ahmedabad and IMD Lausanne, he has been the CEO of Euro RSCG India (now called Havas) and also Chief Strategy Officer for Euro RSCG Asia Pacific. Later, he was Vice Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer of FCB Ulka Group in India. He has been active in the social sector since 2005 and has helped numerous organisations with their marketing and communications strategies. He is currently on the legal or advisory boards of the following social purpose organisations: Apnalaya, Indian School of Development.

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Shalini Menon
Facilitator, Culture Builder & Org Dev

With over two decades in the global social impact sector, I had the opportunity to work with teams, communities and organizations solving complex social problems. These learning journeys helped me understand organization building challenges as well as programmatic gaps in diverse contexts such as youth leadership in rural India, designing employability and skilling programs, teaching facilitation to groups of educators, professors, climate campaigners and program leaders, working closely with young entrepreneurs in strengthening their product development, advisory roles in developing blended learning models to scale impact and more.

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Sharad Agarwal
Founder, Indian School of Development Management (ISDM)

Sharad is the Founder of Indian School of Development Management. He has been working with schools, helping them improve the quality of education they offer. He is also on the board of IIMPACT which has established 2000 centres, working with over 55,000 out-of-school-girls to educate and mainstream them. Besides establishing a solid business, Sharad has worked extensively in the automotive industry, working with global OEMs from across the world. He has a MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur.

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Savita Rengabashyam
Founder, Maththi Yosi Learning

Savitha Rengabashyam is the founder of Maththi Yosi Learning, an organization focussed on ‘Education for Wisdom’ as a way of igniting young people’s enthusiasm for life-long learning and for building skills for living a meaningful life. Savitha’s career spans various sectors including Healthcare, Technology, Publishing and Social Development. Having worked in diverse areas such as Operations, Strategy, Recruitment, Client Service and Training & Development, her days are now spent making sense of her learning & discovering new sources and ways of learning to help support young people preparing for and looking forward to a career and life.

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Jaya Murthy
Investor and Philanthropist

Jaya is an investor and philanthropist with diverse experiences in the impact sector. She spends her time mentoring young people and organizations, supporting them with strategy and partnerships. She is driven by a passion of giving back to the development sector in India, with a focus on education, culture and capacity building. She had spent the last 2 decades volunteering and connecting within varied communities and had gained exposure for working with different demographics of people. She is fond of traveling and is an alumna of IIM Ahmedabad.