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Money, migration and missing capital: The case of Uttarakhand
Posted on 27 Jul, 2020 10:34 PMUttarakhand’s rural areas are marked by massive outflux of people and it is believed that rural migration may alter the state’s political geography.
![Village in Uttarakhand (Image: Paul Hamilton; Flickr Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttarakkhand-village-paul-hamilton.jpg?itok=5YqkA3Ad)
NREGA tracker looks at the schemes’ performance
Posted on 26 Jul, 2020 08:46 PMAs per the findings of an NREGA tracker launched by the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) the lockdown saw a record spike in jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
![Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nrega_0.jpg?itok=_VxDldgL)
Harnessing demographic dividend amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 21 Jul, 2020 06:42 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges to the youth as regards employment opportunities. The policy steps taken by the government have led to a slowdown in economic activities, leading to loss of jobs and mass unemployment.
![Migrant women workers continue to suffer unemployment and underemployment (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman-worker.jpg?itok=Uu71WtZ1)
Bhuj cattle rearers face the heat of lockdown
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 01:51 PMAkbarbhai (35), a Maldhari (semi-nomadic cattle herder) is struggling to survive as the lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus has hit demand of dairy products badly and led to prices crashing in Bhuj. He lives in Gandhinagari, an informal settlement in Bhuj that is home to around 30 cattle herders. His joint family of 15 members includes his two brothers and three sisters.
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Surviving in uncertainty
Posted on 08 Jul, 2020 07:33 PMUncertainty - the pervasive feeling that all of us have been living with from the middle of March 2020. It's the same in our partner villages in Odisha and Jharkhand. Communities we work with have been facing and overcoming uncertainties all through their lives. But this time, the crisis has put unusual stress on their abilities to cope.
![Image: Ajaya Behera](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/akb_6198_credit_ajaya_behera.jpg?itok=3nFnAido)
Covid-19 and floods: A double whammy for Assam
Posted on 04 Jul, 2020 07:52 PMIt is an annual episode that plays itself out. Assam is, once again, reeling under flood – loss of human and animal life, severe damage to agricultural crops, property, millions of people displaced from their homes, absence of flood preparedness or early warning systems, delayed relief action by the government and the silent apathy of the mainstream media.
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Elected women leaders of gram panchayats: Critical roles in Covid-19 response
Posted on 17 Jun, 2020 01:33 PMRadha Devi, the sarpanch of Bhadsiya, Nagaur tehsil, Rajasthan dissuaded the principal of the government school from forcing girl students to fetch water for mid-day meal preparation during school hours and sent these girls back to their classrooms.
![Women are emerging as effective leaders who can play constructive roles in containing the Covid-19 spread (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vandana.jpg?itok=Vail2rub)
Battling Covid-19 in Jharkhand
Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 04:07 PMJharkhand is a state dominated by tribal communities located in eastern part of India. Agriculture, NTFP (Non-timber forest produce) collection and daily wage laborers are the prime source of income for rural Jharkhand.
![Distribution of ration to cope with the impacts of the pandemic (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jharkhand6.jpg?itok=_fLcYYpI)
Northeast fights Covid-19
Posted on 09 Jun, 2020 11:34 PMWhile Covid-19 has left many countries including India in the line of fire, the situation in India is now getting particularly alarming with the number of people infected by Covid-19 rising at a rapid pace.
![Ration distribution to the migrants (Image Source: Sunbird Trust)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ne_covid.jpg?itok=5K3Rf9fP)
Living through Cyclone Amphan and Covid-19: Climate change and water security
Posted on 07 Jun, 2020 11:33 AMThe nomenclature of cyclones and hurricanes is developed much in advance through multilateral processes in the region. The name Amphan (Sky in Thai and Akash in Bangla) was chosen from a long list of potential disasters long back.
![Millions of people in India and Bangladesh lost their means of employment, food, water and homes in one go during the cyclone (Image: Srikanth Kolari/ActionAid India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/amphan-actionaid_0.jpg?itok=v5DT_Pc5)