Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India, said ESCR-Net today. India and South Korea should discuss and make public concrete measures to address serious allegations of human rights abuse tied to POSCO’s steel project in Odisha state.In the lead up to President Park’s visit to India, Indian officials took several measures aimed at accelerating POSCO’s Odisha project.
The National Drinking Water Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework 2013-2022 provides the “framework” to guide the advocacy and communication interventions in the implementation of the NRDWP.
This major publication on best practice in nutrition tackles the wide-ranging issues like- stunting, food insecurity, hidden hunger, obesity and puts the topic of nutrition security on the agenda of policy-makers, academics, private sector organizations and the civil society.
Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is an introductory resource for staff of development and humanitarian organizations working with people whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change.
This strategy developed by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) along with UNICEF focuses on increasing knowledge and perceived importance of sanitation and hygiene practices, with the long term objective of changing the way society thinks so that open defecation is no longer acceptable in India.
More people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Although access to improved sanitation is steadily increasing in India since the year 2000 the pace of change is too slow.
This report provides an analysis of the tools and tactics advocacy groups use to influence policy responses to climate change at international, regional, national and sub-national levels.
JAIPUR: On the backdrop of the 2011 Census, which showed noticeable decline in the sex ratio in the state, the state government has started exercise for damage control.
The committee, constituted by the state government to prepare the Vision 2021 for proper implementation of Pre-Conception and Pre-natal diagnostic techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, has decided to sought suggestions and inputs from
The purpose of this handbook is to help civil society and those working on water and sanitation issues to adopt a human rights-based approach to advocacy, so that they can improve water and sanitation service regulation and provision at international, national and local levels.
