By Vishnu Rajgadia
Raksha Bandhan festival carries a special flavour this year for the rural women of self-help groups across eight districts of Jharkhand as the more than 25,000 rakhis they have made are selling out fast.
Raksha Bandhan festival carries a special flavour this year for the rural women of self-help groups across eight districts of Jharkhand as the more than 25,000 rakhis they have made are selling out fast.
By Manoj Choudhary
Last month, on September 23, Gaon Connection published a story on how the Shakti app for women's safety was not working. Jharkhand Police took note of it and has fixed the app, which has started functioning from October 1. The app can now be downloaded from the state police’s website jhpolice.gov.in
Last month, on September 23, Gaon Connection published a story on how the Shakti app for women's safety was not working. Jharkhand Police took note of it and has fixed the app, which has started functioning from October 1. The app can now be downloaded from the state police’s website jhpolice.gov.in
By Manoj Choudhary
Recently, a 16-year-old girl from Dumka, was set on fire by her stalker and killed. A couple of days later, a minor girl who was four months pregnant was found dead and hanging from a tree in Dumka. The Jharkhand Police had launched a mobile application Shakti to help women in distress, but the app is not functioning and few even know of its existence.
Recently, a 16-year-old girl from Dumka, was set on fire by her stalker and killed. A couple of days later, a minor girl who was four months pregnant was found dead and hanging from a tree in Dumka. The Jharkhand Police had launched a mobile application Shakti to help women in distress, but the app is not functioning and few even know of its existence.
By Manoj Choudhary
A nonprofit, Transform Rural India Foundation, is working with hundreds of thousands villagers in Ranchi and Simdega districts of Jharkhand to familiarise them with various government health schemes for pregnant and lactating mothers, including free institutional delivery.
A nonprofit, Transform Rural India Foundation, is working with hundreds of thousands villagers in Ranchi and Simdega districts of Jharkhand to familiarise them with various government health schemes for pregnant and lactating mothers, including free institutional delivery.
By Manoj Choudhary
Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty and deprivation. An initiative has trained Birhor women of Jehen Gutwa village in vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry, which has arrested migration and improved the community's nutritional standard.
Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty and deprivation. An initiative has trained Birhor women of Jehen Gutwa village in vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry, which has arrested migration and improved the community's nutritional standard.
By Neetu Singh
Tiring, a small village in Jharkhand, is the first tribal village where nameplates outside homes bear names of mothers and daughters of the house and not the men. The state government came up with the 'Meri Beti, Meri Pehchan' campaign, which was launched in this village. Women living here say that seeing their names on the nameplates gives them a sense of empowerment
Tiring, a small village in Jharkhand, is the first tribal village where nameplates outside homes bear names of mothers and daughters of the house and not the men. The state government came up with the 'Meri Beti, Meri Pehchan' campaign, which was launched in this village. Women living here say that seeing their names on the nameplates gives them a sense of empowerment
By Gaon Connection
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.
By Laraib Fatima Warsi
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.
The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.
By Neetu Singh
बाईस साल पहले छह महिलाओं से जंगल बचाने की शुरुआत करने वाली जमुना टुडू के लिए ये राह इतनी आसान नही थी पर इनके बुलंद इरादों के आगे वन माफियाओं ने भी इनसे हार मान ली थी।
बाईस साल पहले छह महिलाओं से जंगल बचाने की शुरुआत करने वाली जमुना टुडू के लिए ये राह इतनी आसान नही थी पर इनके बुलंद इरादों के आगे वन माफियाओं ने भी इनसे हार मान ली थी।
By Manoj Choudhary
After years of moving from place to place looking for an income, women in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand find empowerment in a programme called End Ultra Poverty that is helping them stay home and practise agriculture and animal husbandry.
After years of moving from place to place looking for an income, women in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand find empowerment in a programme called End Ultra Poverty that is helping them stay home and practise agriculture and animal husbandry.