Report
June 17, 2017
A woman worker uses her fingertips on an average 522 times, her fingernails 144 times and her palms 55 times for every single kilogramme of grain that she produces, according to a survey by India’s Ministry of Agriculture.
May 4, 2017
Choosing young women weavers, who show promise and who have a thirst for knowledge, as Bunker Sakhis, is an attempt to recognize the potential of women to flourish in business
May 3, 2017
Fulfilling the need for justice-imparting systems in a strongly patriarchal society, Nari Adalats, despite facing challenges during the evolutionary phase of this Alternative Dispute Resolution system, are helping to reduce the distress of village women
April 16, 2017
The analysis presented in this article is based on the information provided by Sachin Pathania in his documentation of the prosperity brought about in an impoverished family in southern Bihar through the introduction of tasar rearing activity in the village.
March 4, 2017
Making use of the fallow land to rear tasar cocoons and Working hard to make this livelihood option a viable one proves to be one of the best decisions that Jaalo Yadav ever took, increasing the family income, steadily inching him forward to selfsufficiency and earning him the reputation of a successful and well-informed farmer
January 4, 2017
Needing a strong collective to enhance their understanding about social and political agendas, to practice a changed culture, the women of Araju village, through their Village Organization, have collectively overcome the barrier of societal pressure and have understood the real sense of democracy.
January 4, 2017
Taking the training they receive to a different level of engagement altogether, CAHWs are instrumental in bringing about change at various levels, helping women find their confidence, dignity and recognition, thereby making them a force to reckon with