NEWS BY THOSE WHO LIVE IT
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International Women’s Day: #TimeIsNow to Create Systems of Support and Solidarity
Five years after the 181 Women’s Helpline was launched as a comprehensive support system for women, here’s looking at what it takes to build networks of support and solidarity that are sensitive, survivor-centric and just.
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A Model for Trans* Inclusivity
An organisation in Bangalore leads the way in building an inclusive working space for its transgender employees.
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Dowry-Related Violence Kills Over 20 Women in India Daily
The highest number of crimes against women in India is because of “cruelty” by the husband or his family, with a dismal conviction rate.
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Community Health Workers Play a Major Role in Lowering Maternal Mortality
Health workers in West Bengal are counseling and motivating men to undergo vasectomies, and addressing the social determinants of health like gender dynamics and conditions of living.
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Kashmiri Eye Pellet Victim Waits for Justice in Darkness
A young man blinded by a pellet gunshot is still waiting for compensation from the Jammu and Kashmir government.
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Child Care Centre Runs for 20 Years Without a Building
Running in a makeshift community hall, an anganwadi leaves women and children without essential services.
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Indigenous Communities Finally get their Land Rights
July 2017 was a month of celebration for over 200 people of 11 villages in Sundarpahari Block. Two years of community mobilisation had finally gotten them land tenure, under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
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Studying Without a School
Over the past five years, parents in a village in Madya Pradesh have been using rooms in other people's homes to school their children, while the local government fails to finish building the community's only primary school.