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The Story of Baiga Women of Kutelidadar
Addressing their ‘darr (fear)’ of dealing with state agencies, a group of Baiga women tackled their water scarcity problem
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Reviving the Trinjan
An effort to empower rural women and reimagine their agency through revival of art and craft of weaving in Punjab
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चिन्हारी: द यंग इंडिया (in Hindi)
नव युवतियों का यह संगठन कर रहा है अपनी और अपने सपनों की आत्मनिर्भरता की खोज
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How Forest Rights Made This Maharashtra Village ‘Atmanirbhar’
In times of crisis forest rights allow communities to move forward in self-sustenance while protecting and conserving their forests...
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How an ordinary Sarpanch is making a difference
Media such as loud speakers at religious places, voice calling, SMSs, Whatsapp groups, public notice boards and Facebook were used.
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Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community
Getting citizens to be vigilant, contribute data and having students as data producers and messengers are excellent learnings
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Rearing goats empower women in rural Bihar
The women said that income from goats was theirs and they decided its usage.
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Khabar Lahariya brings women’s voices to rural media in India
Khabar Lahariya’s biggest impact has been to establish a cadre of full-time rural women reporters from marginalized communities
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महिलांनी शेत-जमिनीवर अधिकार मिळवण्याचा एक यशस्वी प्रयत्न (Marathi)
जमिनीवरील हक्क मिळविणे, त्यावर आधारित उपजीविकेचे पर्याय निर्माण करणे आणि त्यासंबंधी निर्णयप्रक्रियेत सहभाग वाढविणे ह्यासाठी 'माविम'चा महिलांना आधार