February 2015

Tribal in Jharkhand abducted, tortured and labelled a Maoist

 
/ February 20, 2015

February 19; Timla, Jharkhand In June 2010, Mahadeo Munda was sitting under Mahua tree when police officers approached him and started asking questions. “After that they put me in a vehicle. I don’t know where they went,” he told Community Correspondent Amita Tuti later. Mahadeo is a farmer in Tilma...

Villages Health Centre in Jharkhand closed for a year

 
/ February 17, 2015

February 17 2015 | Rampur, Jharkhand | Shanti Baraik The Village Health Centre in Jamidh has been closed for a year, and the doctor only visits occasionally. Residents of Jamidh have to go as far as 60 kilometres for medical attention. “The doctor only comes during child deliveries, he doesn’t...

Malnutrition in Jharkhand, Anganwadi dysfunctional

 
/ February 17, 2015

February 17; Koderma, Jharkhand An Anganwadi centre has been in Behradih village block for 10 years now, but no women or children in the village have ever received any benefits that such a centre should accord for. Babita Devi, a dalit resident, lost her 2-year-old daughter because of malnutrition. The...

One Billion Rising: A woman’s fight for morals

 
/ February 12, 2015

February 12; Damoh, Madhya Pradesh Rekha Rana looks after her two children by earning money from stitching. Her husband, like many others from the village, is a taxi driver in New Delhi. On March 30 of last year, Rekha received an envelope containing a picture — a woman standing with...

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/ February 11, 2015

One Billion Rising: The inimitable spirit of Asha Kumbharkar

 
/ February 11, 2015

February 11; Vanpuri, Maharashtra Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar reports on the life of Asha Kumbharkar; a woman who is battling the chronic ailment of HIV while still earning livelihood for her kids. “Whenever I see a woman who is losing hope after a severe diagnosis, I show her my own...

One Billion Rising: A woman’s fight for her rights

 
/ February 10, 2015

February 10; Nanded, Maharashtra Ashatai Lukman, after three years of married life, was beaten and thrown out of the house by her husband Ganesh. As she returned to her father’s house, her husband married another woman. Ashatai, a single woman, raised her son and managed to pay for her education....

One Billion Rising: Women of Chattisgarh fight for equal pay after eviction

 
/ February 9, 2015

February 9; Bilaspur, Chattisgarh   The National Thermal Power Corporation, that is based in Sipat village, produces 3000 megawatts of electricity everyday. The plant is built on land belonging to the farmers, who were evicted too. Left without the land to farm on, men and women from surrounding villages are...