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Elections 2019: Equality, Safety, and Land Rights Top the List of Demands by Women
Several women came together before Lok Sabha Elections to oppose the lack of accountability of the government towards increasing violence and inequality against women in India. Women across the country marched for their constitutional rights in New Delhi on 4 April 2019. These women were raising their voices against growing...
VV Impact: Women fight against discrimination, win work in NREGA after two years
Women of Keshavpur village, Uttar Pradesh had been denied work under NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) for two years because of the patriarchal views of the authorities of the region. Under NREGA, every member of rural India, who demands work has the right to get work. However, the employment...
One Billion Rising: Women of Chattisgarh fight for equal pay after eviction
February 9; Bilaspur, Chattisgarh The National Thermal Power Corporation, that is based in Sipat village, produces 3000 megawatts of electricity everyday. The plant is built on land belonging to the farmers, who were evicted too. Left without the land to farm on, men and women from surrounding villages are...