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Playtime for Boys and Housework for Girls: Training in Gender Roles Begins Early
When an 8-year old boy and his 11-year old older sister are interviewed about their daily activities the gender disparities in division of household chores come to the fore. The story powerfully demonstrates how difficult it is for girls to aspire to the same educational attainments as boys, to this...
Playtime for Boys and Housework for Girls: Training in Gender Roles Begins Early
When an 8-year old boy and his 11-year old older sister are interviewed about their daily activities the gender disparities in division of household chores come to the fore. The story powerfully demonstrates how difficult it is for girls to aspire to the same educational attainments as boys, to this...
Community Action Helps Implement Village Panchayat
In India, the Panchayati Raj functions as a system of governance in which gram panchayats, the village councils, are the basic units of local administration. Formalised under the Panchayat Raj Act in 1992 by the 73rd amendment to the Indian Constitution, the village council looks after the development and welfare of the...
Family deprived of government’s welfare schemes
Geeta Devi, a widow from Uttar Pradesh (UP) village has been left to fend for herself and her family since her husband died last year. Governments, central and state, have both formulated various schemes to give financial assistance to help families that are Below Poverty Line (BPL). However, welfare schemes like...
No relief for UP farmers facing crop failure
Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh | Anil Kumar Saroj The nonseasonal rain and droughts in Uttar Pradesh has damaged this year’s crop. The government funds for the welfare of farmers haven’t been made available for the farmers of Galiya village in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh. ‘I’ve spent INR 25000 on sowing my crop....
Filthy Toilets Push Students Away from School
30th March 2015 | Chapariya Village; Suriyawan Block; Bhadohi District | Anil Kumar Saroj 107 students at this primary school have to defecate in the open as their school has no toilets. They’ve been in a state of disrepair since the past three years and cause an inconvenience not just...
Safe Motherhood scheme not safegaurding the rights of pregnant women in Uttar Pradesh
Pregnant women pay bribes to avail free maternal health service in Uttar Pradesh The staff of a Community Health Centre of Mirjapur village in Uttar Pradesh, have been demanding cash from pregnant women before providing service of any kind. As a result, they are forced to buy medicine from outside...
MNREGA is more like free-labour in Mahadepur
VV-PACS Community Correspondent Anil Kumar reports from Mahadepur in Uttar Pradesh, checking the ground realities of one of the most advertised policy of recent times: the MNREGA act (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme). The report shows hundreds of labourers haven’t been paid for their work. You can ensure they...