December 14, 2013
Bandana Devi December 14, 2013
Categories
Positioned as a social justice system between wronged village women and the formal legal mechanism, the Nari Adalat plays a significant role in bringing about conflict resolution within families, ensuring that the voice of the woman is heard and she lives a life of dignity
December 1, 2013
Sourangshu Banerjee December 1, 2013
Categories
Bringing about a paradigm shift in power equations through training women in farmers’ field schools, so that they are acknowledged for their contribution in the fields and the decisions they make, is a dynamic decision of the PRADAN team in Purulia—a process and a movement that will have far-reaching consequences
November 5, 2013
Sudarshan Thakur November 5, 2013
Categories
Using the powerful medium of theatre, PRADAN has been able to stimulate a re-thinking on age-old limiting beliefs and traditions, and is bringing about change in the behaviour and attitudes of the villagers on issues related to their women and empowerment.
November 1, 2013
Ratna M Sudarshan November 1, 2013
Mapping Women’s current levels of awareness of their rights, their participation in decision-making processes and their attitude to patriarchy, the study provides quantitative and qualitative data of the situation on the ground.
October 20, 2013
Jibdas Sahu October 20, 2013
Categories
Laying a strong foundation of SHGs and Clusters, introducing poverty alleviation projects under Special SGSY, and hand-holding the community as it ventures into new areas of cultivation and agricultural practices is bringing about slow yet steady transformation in the lives of the marginalized and the poor
October 6, 2013
Shahnawaz Alam October 6, 2013
Categories
Emerging as a source of inspiration for neighbouring villages, the farmers of Damray have found success and sustenance, thanks to PRADAN and Special SGSY, by utilizing the natural resources of the land, multi cropping and diversifying from growing paddy once a year to cultivating vegetables and flowers throughout the year, both on the uplands and lowlands
October 4, 2013
Tarak Nath October 4, 2013
Categories
Providing employment to more than three million people in the country, poultry rearing as a livelihood option brings hope of financial and food security for the rural poor and the small-holder, reducing distress migration, enhancing confidence and paving the way for possibilities of education for the next generation
October 3, 2013
October 3, 2013
Categories
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.
September 6, 2013
Debanjan Ghatak September 6, 2013
Categories
Recognizing the potential that agriculture has in changing the lives of small landholders, the initiatives to develop an Agriculture Production Cluster, under the Special SGSY project, led to collectivization at all levels, helping asset creation and credit linkage; as a result, some marginal farmers are now emerging as big farmers
September 6, 2013
Prem Shankar September 6, 2013
Categories
Adopting strategies to collectivize women in Khunti, under the umbrella of five SGSY projects, is helping counter the marginalization of women, who till now have been economically dependent on the menfolk, have lacked forums for voicing their concerns, have had very little awareness of their rights and have, therefore, been unable to take collective action.