Results for: jharkhand education
Five Months On, Minor Trafficked from Malda Yet to be Traced
West Bengal accounts for the highest number of reported trafficking cases in the country, yet victims often suffer further due to police inaction.
Field Producer – Mentor (Speaks local languages in Jharkhand)
About us: Video Volunteers (VV) is a media and people’s rights non-profit that is growing and changing the media and social change space in India. We are an international community media organization that equips women and men in underdeveloped areas with video journalism skills, enabling entire communities to expose underreported stories...
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#BattiGul: 71 Years and No Freedom from Darkness
Seven decades after independence, thousands are yet to see what electricity looks like, while others are waiting for their defunct poles and wires to be more than ornamental.
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Tea Gardens of North Bengal: A Hotbed of Human Trafficking
Tea gardens that once brewed the world-famous Darjeeling tea have now become a hotbed for trafficking, owing to the undermining of labour rights and rising deprivation.
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Bamboo Poles As Electricity Poles in this Bihar Village
While the government blows its own trumpet claiming rural electrification milestones, the case of Brahampuri, makes one question the quality of such public amenities.
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Living with Food Insecurity in Uttar Pradesh
Many residents of Shivpuri village in Uttar Pradesh are living in vulnerability without the food security that comes with having a ration card.
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Project: “Journalists, Intermediaries, and Advocates in Rural India” Principal Investigator: Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia Partner Organization: Video Volunteers (http://videovolunteers.org/) Are you interested in Action Research? Excited about community journalism and local politics? This is a great opportunity to work with both academics and one of India’s leading NGOs on...
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Can a Thread Tie Modernisation and Tradition Together?
As more and more communities become ‘modern’, a civilisation as old as India runs the risk of losing its age-old cultures. Is there a way for societies to progress without getting stuck in the past?