Female farmers in India are one of the most marginalised groups as they seldom have agency over the land they toil away for. Better Life Farming is an initiative that aims to help women take agency and ownership of the land, who’s produce is the fruit of their hardwork.
Better Life Farming: Extending Women Ownership of Agriculture Read More »
A paradigm shift is seen when it comes to advocacy for access to higher education for girls, however several gaps in dropout rates and academic focus still persists.
Punki Damor: The story of Paradigm Shift in Access to Girl’s Education Read More »
Strengthening the Gram Panchyat plays a vital role in creating local participation and self governance. This story from Odisha is the predicament.
Odisha: Sustainable Local Governance Through Public Participation Read More »
The Residents of Bidapaju Village were unaware of the laws protecting them until volunteers from Nirman NGO visited them and encouraged them to ascertain their forest rights.
Bidapaju Village: Community Ownership of Forest Rights After 15 Years Read More »
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is the result of a relentless struggle for ownership by tribal people and forest dwellers, over their traditional habitat, the forests.
Forest Rights Act – Returning Ownership to Native Forest Dwellers Read More »
Mushroom cultivation in Radhanmohanpur becomes a secret to no migration
Radhamohanpur adopt Mushroom Cultivation, Preventing Migration Read More »
The Gram Udyay VII was implemented in Machhrauli Village by the S.M.Sehgal Foundation, under which Village Leadership Sessions were conducted to inform them about the government facilities and help them access government schemes.
Farmers in the Khandbara and Sonpada regions were trained by Krishi Vigyan kendra of the region on vermin culture techniques to enhance land productivity and soil fertility.
From Vermicomposting to fertiliser Entrepreneurship Read More »
Tathapi is an organisation dedicated towards working for women’s issues such as disability, sexuality, violence against women, body literacy, gender equality and working with men, public health and child rights. They have created and curated a wide variety of free resources on these topics that have stemmed from training sessions and the work of activists.
In a heartwarming turn of events, Karma, a tribal student from Malkangiri district in Odisha, went viral on social media as a video showed her working as a daily laborer during her summer vacation to support her education expenses. Topping her Class 12 board exams with impressive marks, Karma’s determination caught the attention of government
