In Gujarat’s Poorest Tribal Pocket, A Women’s Agri Collective Shows The Way
Mapusa, Goa: Last November, 0ver 100 guests got to sample the tribal cuisine of the Bhil tribe during the annual three-day conference of the Institute of …
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‘We Are Harassed, Beaten’: Adivasi Women Who Demand Forest Land Rights In Gujarat
Mapusa, Goa: “Ye pitai khayi hui auratein hain (These are the women who’ve got beaten up).” That is how we are introduced to Nandaben Nayak, Navliben …
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A Dalit women’s collective is fighting for the land it toils on, In Gujarat
Mumbai: Around 400 metres off the Gujarat state highway near Vautha village, along the snake-like curves of the Sabarmati river, lie nearly a hundred acres of …
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Adivasi Women Bear The Brunt Of Slow Community Forest Rights Approvals In Gujarat
Mapusa, Goa – It has been years since the women of Bilmarh, a village on a small hillock some 25 km from Ahwa, the district headquarters …
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Women Leaders Help In Securing Women’s Land Rights in Gujarat
Geeta Ben Gamit, 42, is a busy woman. The Sarpanch ( village council head) of Bhatpur in Tapi district in South Gujarat was finishing signing papers …
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Dalit Women Wait To Till Their Lands In Gujarat
Ahmedabad: “We were happy — we wouldn’t have to work in others’ fields anymore. We were going to be farmers,” says Daksha Ben Babu Bhai Parmar, …
In Their Fight For Light Rights, Gujarat’s Women Face Long Battles
Mumbai: Kanchan Kolipatel is a threat. It may not be apparent from her short build, soft voice or sorrowful brown eyes. For some members of her …
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Women May Own Land In Gujarat But Men Control It
Shankuben Rabari insists she is 40 years old. She has grey hair, a deeply wrinkled face and arms dotted with the green tattoos distinctive to elderly …
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Women Own Forested Land In Gujarat But Not Its Wealth
New Delhi: Mangla Hira Ji Thakre (45) and her family are sprawled around the television for their post-dinner ritual of watching a hit soap opera. “Arey, …
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How Organic Promotion Policies End Up Excluding Women Farmers In Gujarat
New Delhi: On May 14, 2021, while encouraging farmers to take up organic farming as he released the 8th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri- Kisan Samman …
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Dams Displaced And Changed Women’s Lives In Gujarat
New Delhi: If it were not for the pandemic, Raju Ben Vasava’s grandchildren would be at school. But, schools are shut, and Raju Ben, 55, is …
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Women Yet To Cross Gender Barriers In India’s Agricultural Markets
Ahmedabad: Lassu Ben, 38, is an outspoken and resolute woman but even she sometimes hesitates to trade with the men at the local farm market. ‘Bahas …
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Indian Women Have Greater Voice in Households But Less Property Ownership
More women are engaging in making decisions within their households, are owning and using bank accounts and mobile phones which reflects greater agency that they are …
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Adivasi Women In Rajasthan’s Zawar Mines Reclaim Their Rights
Lakshmi Devi (56), a Bhil Adivasi woman from Kanpur village in Udaipur district in Rajasthan has not been able to harvest a single grain from the …
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