Tag: Uttar Pradesh
World Youth Skill Day: “Sustain Ancestral Skill or Earn Livelihood?” Question Next Gen Banaras Weavers
On World Youth Skill Day, young weavers from Banaras talk about their dilemma between sustaining their ancestral skill of weaving or earning a better livelihood with a different skill.
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How a Video brought Healthcare Services to Children Suffering from Mumps
A video reporting the outbreak of mumps at a primary school in Uttar Pradesh led to setting up of health camps and ensured that children were treated.
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Women in Varanasi Take Charge of their Own Future
Shabnam Begum is dismantling patriarchy by helping women from a conservative society push boundaries and to study, work and to be treated as equal members of society.
Uttar Pradesh Fails to Ensure Food Security Amidst Rising Hunger
A village in Kushinagar lives on the brink of malnourishment as the Public Distribution System fails to deliver to the most disenfranchised. Or, fails to ensure last mile service delivery.
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Two Kilometers From the Seat of the UP Government, a School in Distress
Uttar Pradesh, which has the country’s largest child population, also has the lowest transition rate from primary to upper primary school.
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Indian Government is Failing its Nutrition and Healthcare Crusaders
Anganwadi workers across the country have been protesting for higher pay but the government fails to realise their importance in eradicating malnutrition.
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Adarsh Gram Yojana: Inside PM Modi’s Ideal Village
The residents of Nagepur were jubilant when their village was adopted by the PM under the Adarsh Gram Yojana. Two years on, little progress has been made.
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First Sexually Violated, then Harassed by Law Keepers
Rape survivors are often further violated by upholders of the law, who are either unaware of amendments in law or not sensitive enough to support survivors.