Coronavirus Outbreak: How prepared are our ASHA workers?
In India, ASHA workers, the frontline health workers, are going door-to-door to spread awareness about Coronavirus. But how safe are they, considering they have not been provided with masks or sanitizers
Neetu Singh
“A gram pradhan has several responsibilities. How can a woman be expected to handle it?”
The number of women pradhans in the panchayat has increased as there are seats reserved for them, but their participation is still very low. The representatives are either their husbands or sons
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“Yes, I am a sex worker and I have told this only to my daughter so that …”
What all do mothers do to raise their children? To commemorate Women’s Day, we profiled some very special mothers. To look after their children, these mothers are taking to professions pursued only by men. Meet a mother who has been working as a sex worker
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“I could not bear to see my children crying hence I started mending punctures”
What all do the mothers do to raise their children? To commemorate Women’s Day, we have profiled some of the mothers who are working beyond the conventions of society and the threshold of domesticity to provide for their families. Meet Tarannum who mends punctures to make a living
Neetu Singh
Meet this mother who didn’t let HIV bog her down. She is now an inspiration for many others
Mona, who is HIV positive, is an inspiration for millions of such patients in the country who are battling this disease. However, this journey has not been easy for her …
Neetu Singh
She is a mother who courts choppy waves every single day … just for her children
Boat fishing is the traditional occupation of the men in the community where Sheila Naik lives. Her story is special because she has broken into the male-dominated occupation
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“Earlier, I was someone’s daughter, sister, wife and mother. Now, I have my own identity”
Meet e-rickshaw driver Pushpa Nishad. Her story is special because she resolved to work outside the conventional mode of livelihood and break the patriarchal mindset for the sake of her family
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A one-time debt takes generations to repay …
There are many bonded labourers in Kanpur who work at brick kilns. They take loans from contractors, but are not able to repay these loans, at times for generations. Sometimes these labourers repay the loan in a year but most of the times they are not able to … this cycle of borrowing and repaying goes on …
Neetu Singh
“In rural areas, women often say they were misbehaved with and don’t use the term rape”
A girl living in Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh was raped when she was 19. It has been two years since the incidence. Now she feels she will not get justice. The police for long said they can’t do much against the accused for ‘misbehviour’ because the girl did not use the word rape in the FIR
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“Poison her. How will we, poor people, fight her case?” said father of the girl who was raped
The minor, who is hearing and speech impaired, was raped by her relative. She became pregnant and is now a mother. The incident has scarred her for life. She is now kept in confinement and faces social censure for becoming an unwed mother. What’s worse? Her own father wanted her dead