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Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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Labelled as witches, women in Rajasthan continue to face torture and ostracism
A 2015 law against witch-branding has curtailed the tradition, but not erased it.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
Brides exchanged between families live with the risk of violence, separation and abuse.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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The struggle of a child bride in Rajasthan: Married at 5, motherhood at 13 and widowed by 20
Women married young face a number of challenges, including early pregnancy, domestic abuse and abandonment.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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In Uttarakhand, tribals displaced for Vyasi Dam have been waiting for rehabilitation for months
People from the Jaunsar tribe, who sacrificed their ancestral houses, have been living in abandoned school buildings.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com
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Covid-19 has driven up rural women’s workforce participation, but in precarious jobs
The loss in income due to the pandemic trapped more women in the web of debt and bonded labour than before.
Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com