Reportage Three Tharu tribe women contest the UP panchayat elections. On unreserved seats The gram panchayat elections are underway in Uttar Pradesh, and three women from the Tharu tribal community are contesting on...
Reportage ‘Against a daily target of 1,000 COVID vaccines, only 200-250 vaccinations being administered’ On World Health Day, a Gaon Connection ground report from Lakhimpur district in rural Uttar Pradesh reveals that villagers here...
Reportage All Janaki Devi is left with is gnawing hunger and memories of her husband Gaon Connection met with a family it first spoke to in March 2020, the day after lockdown. The family’s life...
Reportage|Positive Stories Rural women’s ‘grain banks’ in Uttar Pradesh support small farmers, aid food security amidst COVID-19 The Grain Bank is an initiative that began in 2016, with the objective of benefitting farmers with small land holdings,...
Reportage Bring home the Bajra Krishi Vigyan Kendras across Uttar Pradesh are helping reintroduce the nutritious bajra in rural diets, including anganwadis, to combat malnutrition...
Reportage|Positive Stories Poonam Tiwari, an international level weightlifter, coaches village girls — many of whom have won accolades Ever since the nation-wide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in March, last year, Poonam Tiwari...
Reportage|Positive Stories ‘Women’s courts’ in UP villages address gender violence The contribution of women in the rural landscape is hardly ever talked about or gets recognised. On International Women’s Day,...
Reportage The Weapon of Choice: This time round, perpetrators in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, use poison to assault three Dalit women, leaving two dead There are at least 60 million female farmers and agriculture labourers in India who are often hailed as the backbone...
Reportage Growing Success: 19 women-owned FPOs are providing agriculture-related services to farmers in Jharkhand Women farmers in Jharkhand become joint owners of farmer producer organisations through the self-help groups they are a part of....
Reportage Unnao Case: Police arrest two, including a minor, who poisoned the Dalit girls with pesticide-laced water Three cousins, Dalit minor girls, were found unconscious in a mustard field in Baburaha village in Unnao on February 17....
