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February 23, 2023
It was a sunny summer morning in 2017. Self Help Group (SHG) members of Jana[1] congregated beneath the tamarind tree, their usual meeting place. Some men also were sitting there and the SHG members were taking loan to purchase inorganic fertilizers and hybrid seeds. They were discussing whether they would go for the indigenous variety of crops that they had been growing in previous years.
February 23, 2023
Editorial Comment: A couple of lines seem to have remained blank in the original document accessible, and that is reflected in this republished version.
June 26, 2023
“I was in trouble. Most of the times urinating became so difficult, and I was not recovering from the problem. A constant burning sensation and pain made me feel sick. Some said it’s happening because I am not properly washing myself after defecating in the open, some said open defecation itself was the problem.
July 16, 2020
PRADAN and IWWAGE have partnered for a three-year project (Jun 2019-May 2022) Gender Responsive Organisations for Women (GROW) to develop, pilot and establish women collective-led (Self Help Groups and their Federations) gender transformative approaches in situ; institutionalize learnings within State Rural Livelihoods Mission(s) (SRLMs); and develop gender responsive pedagogy.
January 22, 2019
The legend goes that it was Phula Bai who decided that the Garasias make the place, with a flowing stream at the foothills of Mount Abu, […]
August 19, 2022
Amidst the lush green forest in the foothills of Ajodhya Hill range lies a small village called Chirugora. The village has 121 households with a total population of 795 - 391 women and 404 men. Chirugora alias Chirudi comes under Baghmundi block of Purulia district, West Bengal.
May 7, 2019
Amnari village of Tatijharia Block of Hazaribag district in Jharkhand has become the talk of the neighbouring areas. All thanks to a woman, which is a rarity in this male dominated area. Villagers have witnessed the emergence of Jogini Devi from a home maker to a socially accepted Pashu Sakhi (literally means friend of the small ruminants, actually a para-veterinarian).
September 4, 2019
Picture: Getty Images As erratic weather patterns and depleting resources complicate the many factors of food security in India, change is coming, from ground up The […]
November 17, 2018
She had wings but did not fly; for she was too scared where she might land. Little did she know that her flight would change her […]