India

 Chipko: an unfinished mission

In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural resources and an effort by women to protect their environment. Chipko influenced the world, but have its local object

Publication Date: 
29/04/1993
Amit Mitra
Down to Earth
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Environment, Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Women, Ecology, Uttar Pradesh, India
India

 Helping women irks men in Haryana district

A non govemmental organisation attempting to help women in Haryana's and Rewari district is hampered by caste factors and male chauvinism.

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
Down to Earth
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Rural Habitat, Artisans, Women, NGO, India, Haryana
India

 SEWA helps working women gain confidence

THE GROWTH of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is an inspiring story of an unique organisation combining within its ambit labour unions, workers' cooperatives, and a bank. Its

Publication Date: 
14/03/1993
Deepti Priya
Down to Earth
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Rag Pickers, Workers, Women, India
India

 Peasant women list their woes to scientists

At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.

Publication Date: 
14/03/1993
Pamela Philipose
Down to Earth
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Rural Habitat, Agricultural Labourers, Women, Scientists, India
India

 Women engineers come to the forefront

DESPITE sex-role conditioning by teachers and traditional attitudes that rule out floor and site jobs for women, the number of Indian women taking to engineering has increased manifold in the period

Publication Date: 
Saturday, January 30, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Scientists, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Statistics, Electronics
India

 Scarred by violence and fundamentalism

1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1993
Kumud Sharma
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Women, Contraception, Human Rights, Popular Movements, India
India

 A bitter prelude to salvation

Moksha makes a stunning statement on the indignity of being an Indian widow.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1993
Sevanti Ninan
Down to Earth
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Rural Habitat, Women, Video, India
India

 Do men fall ill more often than women?

THE FIRST all-India household survey of medical care shows some interesting results. The survey, which was conducted in 1990 in 21 states and Union territories and covered 18,000 households, found

Publication Date: 
Thursday, January 14, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Traditional Knowledge, Health Care, India, Statistics
Water Resources

The raindrop

"The Raindrop" is about a village near Chandigarh in Haryana. The book tells the story how this village was able to transform itself from a drought prone one to a food exporting one through community efforts and scientific watershed management.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1992
Priti Jain, Feisal Alkazi, Martha Farrell & et al
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Watershed Development, Drought, Women, Environment Education, Chandigarh, Haryana
Forests

Chipko

This book is about a people's movement to save their forests and trees. Chipko movement started in 1970s in the Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh and saw active participation of women in the forefront.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1992
Priti Jain, Feisal Alkazi, Martha Farrell & et al
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Trees, Chipko Movement, Women, Uttar Pradesh, Chamoli

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