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11 Septembre 2018
Women sitting in verandahs and pounding oil palm fruits, while chewing betel nuts, is a common sight in Saikaa village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district. Small plastic bottles of palm oil line the houses adjoining the roads that weave their way across the forests in this mountain village. Five years…
10 Septembre 2018
Although they are often the actual cultivators, the lack of land rights among women farmers in Odisha has resulted in chronic distress because they are unable to get government loans or compensation over crop loss
Since her husband migrated out of Odisha for work, it fell upon Remati Majhi (25)…
5 Septembre 2018
Miles de agricultores y campesinos marcharon hoy en Nueva Delhi para exigir al Gobierno del primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, mejoras para los trabajadores del campo asfixiados por la falta de suficientes políticas públicas.
La marea de personas llevó a la capital india a campesinos de unos…
3 Septembre 2018
India's $7.5 bln plan to turn 100 urban centres into Smart Cities by 2020 does not address structural issues and ignores the needs of low-income and marginalised groups, experts say
LAVASA, India - When David Cooper and his wife were looking for somewhere to retire, they wanted a place by a river…
3 Septembre 2018
SINGRAULI, India -- After years of developing the thermal energy sector to meet the demands of a nation prone to outages, India is now facing a power glut with over 30 such producers teetering on bankruptcy. Yet the government shows no letup in its drive for more coal power and the effect of…
28 Août 2018
New UN report highlights drastic increase in violence and legal harassment driven by rapid expansion of development projects on indigenous lands
A significant pattern of abuse has emerged in a wide variety of countries, in which both physical violence and legal prosecution are used against…
16 Août 2018
In this series, we try to assess the consequences of laws on the people they are intended for. How do laws, framed in Delhi, impact people in the corners of India? Do people understand laws framed for them? What is their impact on the targeted people?
This is the sixth story on the intersection…
14 Août 2018
NELLORE DISTRICT, India, Aug 7 2018 (IPS) - Under the blazing midday sun, a tractor moves slowly along a dirt trail in Nacharwari Pallem, a village of the Yanadi indigenous people located some three hours from Chennai city in South India. Atop the tractor, women of the village – 36 in all – sit…
8 Août 2018
Nas colinas do norte do estado de Siquim, no nordeste da Índia, a comunidade drokpa tem uma vida pacífica, mas difícil. As colinas ressoam as canções que os drokpas utilizam para cada atividade. Eles não são moradores comuns que residem no mesmo local durante décadas e têm uma fonte estável de…
8 Août 2018
Sangrur, Punjab: “Our struggle is not just about money. It’s about owning a farm where we can go without fear,” said Paramjit Kaur, standing at the door of her kitchen, rolling a dough ball to make chapatis. “Now, our daughters can go alone to harvest fodder at any time.”
Paramjit Kaur was…
31 Juillet 2018
Kamala Damor, or Sister Kamala, works with women and girls in rural Gujarat to help them access their right to property and inheritance. She tells her story to Chhavi Sachdev.
MEGHRAJ, INDIA – On Mondays, I leave home at 9 a.m. so I can be in Meghraj town by 10, when the land awareness and legal…
24 Juillet 2018
MUMBAI - Women in villages who have to walk miles each day to fetch water are bearing the brunt of India's worst water crisis in history, with activists warning of serious impacts on their health and well-being.
About 200,000 Indians die every year due to inadequate access to safe water, and 600…