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Happy Pride Month!

Jun 12, 2020

Sex and Gender. We often have been using them interchangeably in our daily lives. However, these two words, in terms of meanings, are related but different. Sex is a biological categorization based primarily on reproductive potential, whereas gender is the social...

Seed Balls Promoting Bio-Diversity

Jun 12, 2020

Seed Balls are enabling the community to restore Nature and the Environment. We live in times when biodiverse species and trees have become endangered commodities. While policy changes are crucial to bringing about sustainable change, the villagers in Kansil Village...

Our response to Cyclone Amphan

May 29, 2020

On 16 May 2020 India and Bangladesh faced a crisis within a crisis. A super cyclone formed in the Bay of Bengal, first of its kind after 1999. It was named Amphan (pronounced Um-Pan), a name given by Thailand which is a member of World Meteorological...

IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON SMALL FARMERS AND DAILY WAGE EARNERS

May 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to grave implications on the small farmers and daily wage earners. The first two phase lockdown of a nation of 1.3 billion people has impacted extremely severe on the lives as well as the livelihood of the people in our operational...

Virtual Training For COVID Warriors

May 14, 2020

Highlight: The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only caused a health and humanitarian crisis but has also sent the world into an economic shock. The pandemic has left communities across the country reeling, and young people including our staff, volunteers, partners, and...

IGSSS at 60 is a Frontline Responder

May 9, 2020

COVID-19 Relief Response It has been more than two months since COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic. Other than the virus affecting people’s health, the much required nationwide lockdown has added on to the crisis, exposing the marginalised communities to hunger,...

THE FRUIT OF PERSEVERANCE: STORY OF SHEEJAR VEGETABLE PRODUCERS COMPANY

May 1, 2020

The farmers from most villages of Bandipora and Baramulla were severely impacted by the massive floods in the year 2014. The loss of standing crops and subsequent damage to farmlands had disillusioned farmers, subjected them to huge losses and complete loss of...

COVID-19 and Rural India

Apr 2, 2020

The Present Situation As we Indians struggle with the new phenomenon of complete ‘lockdown’ to contain COVID-19, the number of confirmed cases (as I write this blog) in India, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has risen to 694. This data will...

Perspective: Covid 19 Crisis and its Impact on the Urban Poor

Mar 27, 2020

As the country goes into a complete lockdown, the severely impacted are the urban poor especially Informal-Sector workers and the Homeless. They are in dire situations as they are not able to work during this time and have nowhere else to go. The informal workers in...

Ambassador for Gender Equity

Mar 5, 2020

Shikha, a 22 years old bright young woman from Indira Colony, New Delhi is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Delhi University. Her dream is to become a TV news anchor. Since childhood, Shikha knew she wants to complete higher studies that most girls in her community...