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Equity
Promoting women's leadership in water management
Posted on 25 Jul, 2021 04:42 PMWomen Water Champions is an initiative by National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Government of India, UNDP India and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to underscore the critical role
![Sarjubai's journey of working at the grassroots in improving access to water commons (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/sarjubai.jpeg?itok=TJnT88HF)
Support migrant workers through an inclusive recovery process: Rozgaar survey report
Posted on 20 Apr, 2021 03:39 PMA recent study on the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India indicates that almost 75% of the surveyed workers did not have any source of income after the lockdown and almost 45% reported difficulty due to food shortages.
![Workers apprehensive of migrating back to destination states to look for work (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/ILO.jpg?itok=Qv242ywd)
The first mile goes a long way
Posted on 15 Apr, 2021 08:55 PMOne silver lining to a brutal 2020 was that it brought long overdue recognition to India’s frontline workers. Throughout the pandemic, we witnessed ASHA workers reaching out to make families aware of safety measures and village-based professionals conducting surveys to identify the needs of the most vulnerable.
![Agriculture and rural farms in India (Image Source: Rajarshi Mitra Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/61732052@N02/94217 via Wikimedia Commons)42217](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/agriculture.jpg?itok=xfpqs3qe)
Drinking water access to all in Bihar: Reach, benefits and challenges
Posted on 06 Apr, 2021 01:17 PMThe problem of drinking water in India is becoming more acute by the day, as one can see people queuing up at wells, water tankers, and common water points during summers in mos
Efforts towards skilling local communities in water management
Posted on 23 Mar, 2021 12:14 PMSamerth has been working since 2000 on providing safe water to the marginalised communities in the remote areas of Rapar and Bhachau blocks of Kutch district in Gujarat.
![Women are involved in the process of developing the water budget from a gender lens. (Image: Samerth)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/1615965311249.jpg?itok=GG8kP8RH)
Water governance standard and certification system – An answer to the water problems of agrarian India
Posted on 22 Mar, 2021 08:28 AMWater, belongs to everyone, managed by no one
While watching a film on WOTR’s Water Stewardship efforts, “Paani Kaarbhari – Water Stewards”, that won the Ministry of Jal Shakti's ‘Water Heroes: Share Your Stories’ contest1, we came across the wise words of a village woman who says “Water does not belong to one person, it belongs to everyone”.
![Long queues waiting for tankers are common in different parts of Maharashtra during water scarcity (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/WOTRab.jpg?itok=Kr6Mm58l)
Clean fuel choices of urban India’s poor
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 03:40 PMWith increased urbanisation, India is experiencing acute air pollution in its urban centres.
![PMUY should expand its reach to urban slum households, given that there are still households without LPG connections. (Image: Adam Cohn, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/old-woman-adam-cohn.jpg?itok=aeGCetao)
The unsung women fishers of Wular lake
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PMNestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.
![The survival of many fisher households living nearby is entirely dependent on Wular lake. (Image: Manju Rawat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Wular%20Lake.jpg?itok=Dk9Rp0K4)
Not in the interest of women farmers!
Posted on 07 Dec, 2020 11:52 PMThree farm-related Bills were recently passed in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which have subsequently received presidential assent.
![Farm women, overworked and underpaid (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_women2.jpg?itok=FYXAb8hD)
Patterns of social exclusion in watershed development in India
Posted on 27 Nov, 2020 11:13 PMHow have watershed development projects fared in India? Have they helped in better distribution of benefits among the poor and marginalised? Why is it important to talk about watershed development at this juncture?
This book by Dr Eshwer Kale dwells on these questions and explores issues around social exclusion among resource-poor people in watershed development projects.
![Watershed development: Towards equitable outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Watershed.jpg?itok=81iVcBXh)