Politics
People-centred governance and decision-making, ensuring accountability and transparency
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People-centred governance and decision-making, ensuring accountability and transparency
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This section features initiatives and approaches towards people-centred governance and decision-making, with direct participation, and based on principles of social and environmental justice. This includes initiatives attempting to realize local non-hierarchical systems of decision-making in urban and rural areas, and linkages of these to each other at bio-cultural levels. This would also include collectives or communities that raise non-party political concerns at the local level and beyond, as well as initiatives that enhance accountability and transparency of political bodies. It will include alternative policy frameworks that are based on or promote the alternative economies featured elsewhere on this site, such as meaningful practices and concepts of well-being, instead of the mainstream development model which focuses on economic growth.
SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING (HIAL), RATHER THAN HARASS IT!
We are shocked at the Ladakh UT Administration’s move to revoke the land lease of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL).
आर्थिक संगम में महिलाओं ने दिखाई राह (In Hindi)
यह संगम बताता है कि एक और वैकल्पिक अर्थव्यवस्था न केवल संभव है, बल्कि पहले से ही मौजूद है।
Shramyog: How a remote Himalayan region, Sult, is empowering itself
Shramyog aims to strengthen these pillars of “Sahyog”, “Shiksha” and “Sangathan” through various activities and initiatives.
महिलाओं को आत्मनिर्भर बनाने की पहल (In Hindi)
महिलाओं के साथ भेदभाव के खिलाफ और बराबरी के लिए पहल की जा रही है। उन्हें आत्मनिर्भर बनाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है
Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right
A new research study shows that the location of green spaces in cities matters in terms of their health benefits. More green spaces in densely populated areas save the most human lives, followed by green spaces in areas with the least amount of nature.
Making Rainbows in the Andamans: Creating queer community in the Andamans is a struggle
In a Broader Context: How Did One of India’s Queer Friendly Cities Evolve? With the queer community being so small, friendships and support systems are vital.
Forests take centre stage at UN as countries gather to discuss climate mitigation
Several countries highlight the importance of integrating community engagement and traditional knowledge systems in defining policies and regulations across different levels of government.
Broken Signals: India’s Heatwave Warnings Are Missing the Mark
These stories ask us the question: how do we centre the needs of the most vulnerable while designing an effective disaster warning system?
The unlikely success of a novel justice delivery system in Bihar
Local courts in Bihar, known as gram kachcheris, have become part of the state’s sociocultural fabric. They deliver justice in a timely and inexpensive manner, in matters ranging from theft and small land disputes to family feuds.