Volume 12, No. 1 – 2012

Articles

• Stories of Courage and Social Change by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: The following article highlights the key components to women’s SHGs activities and how they have raised themselves to become empowered women of the society. It briefly analyses the economic growth that has taken place due to their commitment to… Continue Reading
• Sr. Wandana Dabhi: A Fearless Crusader for the Poorest of the poor by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles (The following article recounts the details of the journey I undertook in the Narmada District. This study concentrates on the role of microfinance among rural agro related women in Narmada district of Gujarat, India.) Keywords: women in agriculture, tribal community,… Continue Reading
• MANGALA LOHIYA: LENDING A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: As a hard-working bank employee, a loving wife and mother, a dutiful daughter and daughter-in-law, Mangala Lohiya has been called to fulfil many roles in her life. Despite the difficulties of juggling her multiple roles, Mangala found time to… Continue Reading
• From the Dung Heap to Self-Reliance Women’s Empowerment in Pelhar, Thane District by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: I write this story of the struggles of poor women, who seek to rise phoenix-like out of a life of abject poverty to carve better lives for themselves and their families, against the backdrop of the ongoing convulsions in… Continue Reading
• Chinnapillai:leading a Collective Struggle against Poverty by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: This story of Chinnapillai’s emergence as a leader of the poor and oppressed people in Tamil Nadu, India, is a remarkable story of the struggles of a poor agricultural worker to rise above poverty and at the same time… Continue Reading
• A Quiet Revolt: Women Resist Indigenous Structures of Oppression in Gadchiroli by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Power, Development, Society, Articles Abstract: The story that I am going to narrate is that of an ordinary woman who lived and died in a small village a thousand kilometres away from the bustling city of Mumbai. 2 It speaks of the struggles of… Continue Reading
• Women Unite to Achieve Village Sanitation: Kavthepiran in Sangli by VAIJAYANTA ANAND Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: Several threads of thoughts were running through my mind, while travelling to my destination, a village called Kavthepiran in Sangli district. I was aware I had undertaken the task of capturing the complexity of a village in the limited… Continue Reading
• An Adivasi Women’s Grain bank in Chakdu Village, Dhule District by THANCY FRANCIS THEKKEKARA Posted in: Development, Society, Articles Abstract: Food security is a serious problem among the poor in Maharashtra. Malnutrition deaths of children, particularly in the under six age group of tribal children, are often reported, especially during the monsoons. The Integrated Child Development Services Programme focuses… Continue Reading
• From the Margins to the Centre: The Struggles of the Differently-Abled Women in Panmagrul Village in Sholapur by TANUSHREE MAZUMDAR Posted in: Power, Education, Articles Abstract: The Self Help Group (SHG) Prerna (loosely translated to mean inspiration) led by Mahadevi Kudal is a group of 5 physically handicapped women in the Panmagrul village of Akalkot Taluka in Maharashtra. Panmagrul is a village with a population… Continue Reading
• Shindetai’s Successful Bussiness Venture — Annapurna Bojanalaya in Shirur, Pune by GIRIJA SRINIVASAN Posted in: Development, Articles Abstract: “What ever I am today I owe it to my self help group” is how Kamal Jaivant Shinde, popularly called Shinde tai, starts her introduction. Her feelings are not misplaced since for a woman, working as a labourer in… Continue Reading
• Gender bias and Reproductive Health Risks Faced by Adolescent Girls in India by HEENA K. BIJLI Posted in: Health, Articles Abstract: More than one lakh women die in India every year due to pregnancy, most of them being married adolescents. India is still grappling with the effort of reducing maternal mortality as it records the highest number of maternal deaths… Continue Reading
• Sustainable Development and Gender Equity by MAITHREYI KRISHNARAJ Posted in: Power, Articles Abstract: When we talk of sustainability- one factor to note is what we perceive as the natural environment and natural resources and how we use them. Secondly how do we sustain human welfare and improvements in human capability consonant with… Continue Reading

Interview

• Mrs. Thancy F. Thekkekara: Working towards a new Beginning by VEENA POONACHA Posted in: Interview Currently the Principal Secretary of the newly established Department of Minority Development, Government of Maharashtra Mrs. Thancy Francis Thekkekara, has had a long and distinguished career. She is a dedicated officer who has worked consistently for the empowerment of women… Continue Reading