From a drought-affected hamlet in Dapchiri, Palghar district, to an entrepreneur, the journey has been full of struggles for Swati Anna Bhoyar. The 33-year-old spent her childhood in poverty, with no access even to electricity and water but a firm belief in the ideals of former President APJ Kalam. The youngster now works for the betterment of tribal girls in tiny hamlets of Palghar. On International Women's Day, Bhoyar shares her journey with mid-day.

A lecture at school she studied

She will be addressing over 500 tribal students of Swami Vivekananda School, Wada, on March 12, explaining to them menstrual hygiene and distributing sanitary napkins among them with the help of an NGO. It happens to be the school where she had herself studied and her father Anna Bhoyar works as a peon.