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IU Special Video: People Vs. Govt in Land Conflicts

 
/ October 18, 2011

Projects in the name of development are causing displacement, loss of livelihood and frustration across India.

IndiaUnheard Impact: Community Video Brings Gender Equality

 
/ October 9, 2011

600 female laborers in Maharashtra get equal pay because of our Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar’s video

3rd IU Camp, Day 2: Impact, Dissecting Power and above all, Integrity

 
/ September 28, 2011

Your tools are your voice, your camera, your video, your ideas and your passion. Your stage is your community. Now, how do you get the people and their concerns past apathy, past barriers, past their fears, all the way across the tipping point, into action? Sarwat Naqvi, Community Correspondent from...

Dr. Binayak Sen: "Everybody has the right to Peacefully Retaliate"

 
/ July 29, 2011

Binayak Sen has been released on bail on April 15, 2011. It is time to celebrate. India ultimately paid attention to its activists, its intellectuals and the common men who voiced in favor of the doctor. The world’s largest democracy has taken note of national and international pressures. Let’s rejoice!...

Call For India Unheard Community Correspondents: Nominate your Candidates

 
/ June 6, 2011

Can you help us identify a new group of IndiaUnheard community correspondents? We’re looking for passionate community members whom we can train to become the voice of their communities. Please take a moment to think of people who would benefit from this opportunity, and who could become skilled communicators of...

Giant leap of India’s ‘downtrodden’: Teenage community reporter confronts tyranny, corruption

 
/ May 8, 2011

The following article by Stella Paul was published in the April issue of Silent Heroes, Invisible Bridges magazine – an International publication that focuses on positive journalism. We are re-publishing the content from the original article. Mukesh Rajak of Jagdishpur village in eastern India has unusual friends. They sit together...

Moving Images: From the Journal of VV Director Stalin K

 
/ January 30, 2011

Past two months have been an extremely busy time for the VV director Stalin. From conducting special training workshops in visual arts and sustainability for NGOs to consulting on policy decisions on community radio and sharing his vision of community media in international film festivals, he has been truly a...

Communicating Empowerment

 
/ January 26, 2011

Video Volunteers announces a new women’s empowerment program in Uttar Pradesh, India, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IKEA.