-The Hindu The exclusion of migrants from the electoral process reveals the caste- and class-driven nature of mainstream politics While political commentators have been busy analysing voter preferences in the general election 2019, one segment, namely migrants, continues to be overlooked. The Election Commission of India (EC), on February 21, clarified that NRI voters cannot cast votes online, and that an NRI who holds an Indian passport can vote in his/her hometown after...
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Why many women in Maharashtra's Beed district have no wombs -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line Cane-cutting contractors are unwilling to hire women who menstruate, so hysterectomies have become the norm Beed: “You will hardly find women with wombs in these villages. These are villages of womb-less women,” says Manda Ugale, gloom in her eyes. Sitting in her tiny house in Hajipur village, in the drought-affected Beed district of Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, she struggles to talk about the painful topic. Women in Vanjarwadi, where 50...
More »Migration in Bengal delta driven by livelihood issues, gender disparity -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Most migrants are in the age group of 20-30 years Kolkata: Economic reasons are the precipitating factor for migration in the Indian Bengal Delta that comprises the Sunderbans reveals an international study titled Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECMA). The study also points out that there is huge gender disparity when it comes to those migrating from the region. The study which covers 51 blocks of districts of...
More »Women need governmental support to deal with climate change in the Himalayas -Mayank Aggarwal
-Mongabay.com * Women are often called as vulnerable victims of climate change as well as integral to climate change adaptation, but even then government policies overlook the oppression they face. * To address it, the latest report by ICIMOD has suggested a series of measures such as the government allocating resources, financial and human, for gender-responsive interventions, and creation of mechanisms to ensure the promotion of women’s rights. * The report also highlighted...
More »Shut for 3 months for Kumbh, UP tanneries face losses, cancelled orders -Avaneesh Mishra
-The Indian Express At least 2 lakh people are employed in these units. Most are daily-wage workers and migrants, and many have gone back home. Kanpur: The roads are empty and the local market closed in Kanpur’s Jajmau locality, with around 130 of its 249 registered tanneries ordered shut due to the Kumbh Mela and the production at others cut by half. One month into the order, and with 60 more days...
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