By Ankit Rathore
It is Beena Singh's mission to teach old women to read and write. Since 2019, through her NGO, Ideal Women Welfare Society, Devi has been teaching grandmothers and mothers, without charging any fee. The initiative has helped elderly women feel empowered and independent.
It is Beena Singh's mission to teach old women to read and write. Since 2019, through her NGO, Ideal Women Welfare Society, Devi has been teaching grandmothers and mothers, without charging any fee. The initiative has helped elderly women feel empowered and independent.
By Jigyasa Mishra
मथुरा जिले के वृन्दावन में स्थित बृज गंधा प्रसार समिति 120 निराश्रित महिलाओं का बसेरा है जिसमें ज़्यादातर विधवा महिलाएं अपनी छोटी, अलग सी दुनिया में रहती हैं और उनसे बात करके मालूम होता है मानो इतनी खुश वो इससे पहले कभी थी ही नहीं।
मथुरा जिले के वृन्दावन में स्थित बृज गंधा प्रसार समिति 120 निराश्रित महिलाओं का बसेरा है जिसमें ज़्यादातर विधवा महिलाएं अपनी छोटी, अलग सी दुनिया में रहती हैं और उनसे बात करके मालूम होता है मानो इतनी खुश वो इससे पहले कभी थी ही नहीं।
By Tauseef Ahmed
Dai, the traditional midwives, are still active in the far flung villages of the Valley. Many of them are old and wizened but their years of experience delivering babies at home make them a lifeline.
Dai, the traditional midwives, are still active in the far flung villages of the Valley. Many of them are old and wizened but their years of experience delivering babies at home make them a lifeline.
By Manish Dubey
In Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation’s regional workshop in Kanpur, ten women mechanics work shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts. They are trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
In Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation’s regional workshop in Kanpur, ten women mechanics work shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts. They are trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
By Ambika Tripathi
A school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district is not limited to teaching craft to his students. He also teaches rural women and female inmates in the prison to make decorative pieces out of waste materials. This helps them earn a living.
A school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district is not limited to teaching craft to his students. He also teaches rural women and female inmates in the prison to make decorative pieces out of waste materials. This helps them earn a living.
By Nidhi Jamwal
The benefits of decentralised midday meal kitchens, where noon meals are freshly cooked at the school premises, go far beyond the health benefits for students. These kitchens can be a game changer for rural women as I learnt from Manu Naik, a widow and a mother of two.
The benefits of decentralised midday meal kitchens, where noon meals are freshly cooked at the school premises, go far beyond the health benefits for students. These kitchens can be a game changer for rural women as I learnt from Manu Naik, a widow and a mother of two.
By Ashis Senapati
Tribal women from the Debakumar village of Balasore in Odisha, turn to the eco-friendly Sabai grass to make handicrafts, that is helping them earn a livelihood. Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society provides skill up-gradation training to these women.
Tribal women from the Debakumar village of Balasore in Odisha, turn to the eco-friendly Sabai grass to make handicrafts, that is helping them earn a livelihood. Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society provides skill up-gradation training to these women.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
A little more than half of the 500 million no-frills Jan Dhan accounts opened in India in the past nine years belong to women. Access to banking has enabled rural women to be in charge of their own finances and their children's’ future.
A little more than half of the 500 million no-frills Jan Dhan accounts opened in India in the past nine years belong to women. Access to banking has enabled rural women to be in charge of their own finances and their children's’ future.
By Laraib Fatima Warsi
In a male-dominated profession, women electricians in Indore, Madhya Pradesh are now rewiring gender stereotypes and becoming a part of new building projects and providing other electrical services.
In a male-dominated profession, women electricians in Indore, Madhya Pradesh are now rewiring gender stereotypes and becoming a part of new building projects and providing other electrical services.
By Ashis Senapati
Kamala Moharana is part of a women self-help group in a small village in Kendrapara district in Odisha that skillfully converts discarded milk pouches, cigarette packets, gutkha wrapper into beautiful craft. This gives them a livelihood and cleans up the surroundings of their village too.
Kamala Moharana is part of a women self-help group in a small village in Kendrapara district in Odisha that skillfully converts discarded milk pouches, cigarette packets, gutkha wrapper into beautiful craft. This gives them a livelihood and cleans up the surroundings of their village too.