Community Correspondents

Reena Devi

Reena Devi- village Boropar, Sikkar, Barari police station, District Katihar, Bihar. Reena Devi primarily reports on issues related to gender, sexual violence, and religious minorities Reena Devi has always had large aspirations. As a young girl, she often experienced gender discrimination. She frequently heard about women in her community who survived sexual violence. Reena was discouraged from attending school and instead stayed home to work on her family’s farm. During her chores, she imagined ways to change the culture of gender discrimination and how to provide better opportunities to women. When she was older, she joined the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (Association for the Empowerment of Workers and Peasants) and became her community’s resident women’s rights activist and mobilizer of female citizens for social goals. Her reporting for VV focuses on issues that she encounters in her women’s rights work and on the issues of religious minorities.

Videos from Reena

Houses of Dalit families burnt by upper caste men

 
/ October 9, 2014

12 powerful men from the ‘upper caste’ burnt down the houses of 4 Dalit families, our Community Correspondent Reena Devi reports from Maha Dalit Tola area of Chitauria Village in Katihar, Bihar.   The conflict arose because the attackers had been trying to forcefully evict the residents. A meeting date...

Upper caste men burn down dalit homes in Bihar village

 
/ September 27, 2014

“Attackers roam free. Our Community Correspondent Reena Devi reports from Maha Dalit Tola area of Chitauria Village in Katihar, Bihar, where in April 2014, 12 powerful men from the ‘upper caste’ burnt down the houses of 4 Dalit families. The families still await fair compensation and justice. Call To Action:...

A Threat to Education

 
/ April 3, 2014

Bihar is a state caught between floods, crime and a flailing economy. The development indicators here are one of the worst of the country. Community Correspondent Reena reports from here on the affect all of these have had on 400 students in one school. On a winter morning in January...

Community Demands Action

 
/ January 28, 2014

‘ There are many families like Renu Devi who have been denied a BPL card just like that. If they don’t get the support that is meant for them, then who does gets it? ‘ says Community Correspondent Reena from Katihar District in Bihar. Reena documents how the community in...