Jal Sahelis: Women in parched Bundelkhand villages are leading the charge for water conservation

A network of women is reviving water harvesting techniques and traditional water bodies in the drought-ridden region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Kanchan Srivastava

· May 01, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Rural employment: As opportunities drop, women pay the highest price

An increasing number of women in Indian villages are being left with few options except low-paid and erratic farm work.

Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 21, 2019 · 12:30 pm

A school teacher is spearheading a women-led turmeric farming movement in Meghalaya

Trinity Saioo, from Mulieh village, guides 800 women in her state in cultivating the indigenous Lakadong variety of turmeric.

Sahana Ghosh

· Mar 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

A 24-year-old woman is leading the way in documenting the biodiversity of a small Goan island

Hycintha Aguiar is in charge of putting together a people’s biodiversity register, which is mandated by law but is not known about in many states.

Sahana Ghosh

· Mar 11, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Purulia’s ‘nachaniyas’ take up dancing to escape poverty – but find a life of exploitation instead

Their lives and bodies under the control of their masters, folk dancers also face societal discrimination.

Gurvinder Singh

· Mar 17, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In India and Tanzania, women’s NGOs are ushering in development – and not getting credit for it

Research shows they are easily marginalised by other partners once the project takes off.

Dr. Bipasha Baruah, The Conversation

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Dr. Kate Grantham, The Conversation

· Dec 07, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Starting with deposits of Rs 5, Sakhi Mahila Bank has become an enabler of economic transformation

The bank has not only boosted rural women’s income but also their confidence.

Tarun Kanti Bose

· Dec 05, 2017 · 11:30 pm

In the flood-ravaged Sunderbans, women often have to face the biggest brunt of the destruction

After men migrate for work, women of Mousuni Island in West Bengal have to struggle for survival.

Sayanti Sengupta

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Nirmalya Choudhury

· Oct 24, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Dalit women panchayat leaders in Tamil Nadu have defied discrimination – and even death

Women have emerged from the shadows and are carving a singular path as local leaders.

Bhanupriya Rao, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 16, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Meet Kajubai, the health worker who has been saving Gadchiroli's babies since 1994

Local health activists have demonstrated that simple and scientific interventions rooted in community practices can save lives and improve health.

Aashish Gupta and Kanika Sharma

· Aug 04, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Why over one lakh rural women in Bihar sent postcards to Prime Minister Modi

Concerns rise over the shutting down of 26-year-old Mahila Samakhya, hailed as one of the country's most successful women’s empowerment programmes.

Aarefa Johari

· Dec 22, 2015 · 06:30 pm