Kesla

September 7, 2016

Mulberry Sericulture: An Alternative, Farm-based Livelihood for Small Farmers

Establishing mulberry sericulture as an alternative farm-based livelihood activity was a slow and steady endeavour of the PRADAN team in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, leading to income-generation and a degree of prosperity for women farmers
November 2, 2014

MGNREGA: Fostering Real Citizenship

Moving from ignorance and non-participation to active involvement in planning and implementing, the women in Kesla are determined to develop their villages, conscious not only of their rights and entitlements but also of their roles and responsibility in developing their villages
October 3, 2013

Kesla Women Enter the Political Sphere: Grow as Citizens

Representing themselves in panchayats, where they had faced humiliation and disrespect earlier, women have fought unitedly against the system and gradually gaining the respect and recognition of men who are beginning to acknowledge that women have equal rights of citizenship.