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Women May Own Land In Gujarat But Men Control It
Shankuben Rabari insists she is 40 years old. She has grey hair, a deeply wrinkled face and arms dotted with the green tattoos distinctive to elderly […]
Women Own Forested Land In Gujarat But Not Its Wealth
Mangla Hira Ji Thakre (45) and her family are sprawled around the television for their post-dinner ritual of watching a hit soap opera. “Arey, this hero […]
How Organic Promotion Policies End Up Excluding Women Farmers In Gujarat
On May 14, 2021, while encouraging farmers to take up organic farming as he released the 8th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri- Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), […]
Dams Displaced And Changed Women’s Lives In Gujarat
If it were not for the pandemic, Raju Ben Vasava’s grandchildren would be at school. But, schools are shut, and Raju Ben, 55, is baby-sitting for […]
Has Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’s Media Advocacy Focus Achieved The Desired Outcomes?
The improvements in parameters related to the girl child cannot be solely attributed to the scheme’s implementation
How Caste Smells: Notes From A South Asian Beauty Salon In London
In a London beauty salon run by women from the subcontinent, links between caste, food and odour echo the arguments in the debate in India over a ‘pure vegetarian’ delivery fleet
‘Sandeshkhali Shows That Women Are Not Passive Beneficiaries of Welfare Schemes’
The fact that they are resisting exploitation ruptures the popular political image of marginalised women, says political scientist Proma Raychaudhury
Cost Of Maternal Healthcare Is Pushing Families Into Debt Trap In Maharashtra
Few women in impoverished packets of rural Maharashtra are aware of government welfare schemes or do not have the documents to access them
In A Forest Amidst Mumbai’s Concrete Jungle, Adivasi Women Are Demanding Their Right To Shelter And Dignity
An ambitious road project is likely to swallow many Adivasi homes in Aarey forest, already the site of many other development projects
