COVID-19 Exposes Vulnerabilities In Tamil Nadu‘s Bio-Medical Waste Management
Tamil Nadu’s bio-medical waste management system is struggling as tons of pandemic-related waste gets generated from healthcare facilities, households, commercial establishments and other...
View ArticleAre Teen Years Being Stolen From Katkari Girls?
As part of my work, during a field visit to understand the livelihood opportunities available in a particular geographical area, I visited Bheema Shankar near Pune. There I met a group belonging to the...
View ArticleOur Grandparents Would Travel KMs To Reach School. Girls In Kashmir Still Do.
The morning routine of fifteen-year-old Hajira* is different from that of many of us had as adolescents– it includes a long and arduous journey to her school. What we may have heard in the fabled...
View ArticleShabana’s Future Mother-In-Law Visits Every Month To Measure Her Height
Shabana Bano, name changed, a class V student of Government Upper Primary School Pokaran, Jaisalmer is a very sincere student who loves singing and drawing. As a Gandhi Fellow, I was allotted this...
View Articleमहिलाएं कुर्सी तक तो पहुंच गईं लेकिन सत्ता के गलियारे से अब भी वंचित हैं
आज के समय में बात की जाती है कि लड़कियों को अब समान अवसर मिल रहे हैं लेकिन ज़मीनी हकीकत इससे बिल्कुल विपरीत होती है। आज भी गांवों-कस्बों में महिलाओं को अपने हक की लड़ाई अकेले ही लड़ना पड़ती है, क्योंकि...
View ArticleHere’s How The ‘Pink Flag Movement’ Is Ensuring Girl’s Don’t Drop Out Of School
“ My favourite colour is pink. It is the colour of love and emotions. It is the colour of my flag. The flag that I wave with pride.” Menstruation is a natural part of the reproductive cycle that a...
View Article“I Want A Job In Another City Because I Don’t Want To Get Married So Soon”
Nila, a 21-year-old young woman, lives in Firozabad with her parents and four siblings, two younger brothers and two sisters. Her father was earlier a daily wage earner who used to make bangles for a...
View ArticleIt’s Government Schools For Girls, A Private Education For Boys
“ I score higher marks than my brother in exams, but still, his education is prioritized over mine, although I find it unfair, but I can’t do anything about it“, says Durga. Durga is a 14-year-old girl...
View ArticleWhy Uttarakhand Is Experiencing An Unprecedented Number Of Cloudbursts
In the beginning of May 2021 –as the hill districts of Uttarakhand witnessed a steady rise in cases of COVID-19 – heavy rainfall lashed down on the Himalayan population. People in these rainfall-hit...
View ArticleHow The Climate Crisis Is Intensifying Human-Wildlife Conflict In India
As urban spaces grow and human habitation impinges on the boundary of protected areas and forests, human-animal conflicts are witnessing a rise. While this is true globally, India stands particularly...
View ArticleAre Tamil Nadu’s Existing Policies Enough to Tackle Climate Change?
Climate change is causing a rise in sea levels as well as increased flooding and cyclones in some parts of the world, and drought and water shortages in other parts. For the 72 million inhabitants of...
View ArticleIs Going Net-Zero An Option For Developing Countries?
“Every year, we struggle to afford two-square meals and drink clean water,” says Rajendra, a farmer in the district of Supaul in Bihar. According to him, floods have always been a part of their lives;...
View ArticleGround Report: Why Fishers Are Opposing Adani’s Kattupalli Port Expansion
In 2008, the people living in the Kattupalli seaside village were forcefully evicted to make way for the L&T shipping yard com port. The L&T port was bifurcated in 2018. While the southern...
View Articleकैसे जलवायु परिवर्तन यमुना खादर के बुज़ुर्ग किसान के जीवन को कर रहा है प्रभावित
पूरा विश्व इस समय जलवायु परिवर्तन के प्रभाव से गुज़र रहा है, जो चिंता का विषय बना हुआ है। साथ ही प्रकृति की स्थिति को ह्वास की ओर ले जा रहा है। जलवायु शब्द से तात्पर्य किसी स्थान की कई वर्षों की सामान्य...
View Article5 Inspiring Films That Champion Girls’ Education
“Investing in girls’ education is the very best thing that we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their families, their communities, and their countries”, says Michelle...
View ArticleHow Can Developing Countries Improve Their Climate Policy?
International warming is just one of the three popular human rights concerns of our times. A significant variety of people have actually ended up being concerned concerning it over the past decade,...
View Article3 Months On, This Village Is Still Reeling From The Aftermath Of A Cloudburst
By Baber Nafice Planning for and mitigating disasters is important, especially in remote areas. Emergency preparedness and response in mountainous valleys can help reduce casualties. A cloudburst in...
View ArticleMaa Andhari, The Goddess Whose Worship Helped Revive An Ancient Odisha Forest
It was the early nineties – a time when industrialization was at its helm and forests were beginning to be attacked in the name of development. But, for fifteen villages spread across Laikera and...
View ArticleUnexpected Period Scares Can Be Avoided By Providing Pads In Public Places
Me: Goes out My uterus: Surprise, shawty! What you read above is only a gist of what happens when most menstruators go out in public places when they are near the date of Aunt Flo’s arrival. I’m pretty...
View Articleजानिए कैसे मशरूम उत्पादन से लोग बन रहे हैं आर्थिक रूप से आत्मनिर्भर
कोरोना के बाद हमारे देश में बेरोजगारों की तादाद बढ़ गई है। युवा आर्थिक तंगी का सामना कर रहे हैं। दरअसल, कोरोना की भयावहता ने उन्हें स्थानीय स्तर पर ही रोज़गार और मज़दूरी करने के लिए बाध्य कर दिया है। कुछ...
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