Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought

gender relations in forest societies in asia: patriarchy at odds

livelihood and gender: equity in community resource management

Women face the brunt of globalisation and trade

Role of Folk Art in Raising Public Awareness on Governance Issues

What do people do when their livelihoods are threatened? How do they deal with a world that pushes them to the margins? Such issues were raised by nine documentaries at Jeevika 2003

Throughout the 1860s a frail young European woman with a medicine chest was a conspicuous presence at the women s ghats of the river Yamuna in Delhi. This was Priscilla Winter, an Anglican missionary who...

Health gap widens between the poorest and the rest

I happened to attend, recently, a jan sunwai peoples court on water, convened by the National Federation of Indian Women. Women came from over 15 states to report on the state of their water.

Punjab is at a more advanced stage of development than most other Indian states. However, the remarkable achievements of the state have not been equitable. Amidst prosperity, pockets of deprivation remain among sections and areas.

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