by ashika | Jan 19, 2019 | Education, Empowerment
You may be familiar with Adarsh Mahila Griha Udyog (AMGU) because of the NGO’s anti-dowry project, which was supported by IDS for the past several years. In 2018, AMGU began a new project in Zero Budget Natural and Spiritual Farming. The project is located in...
by ashika | Dec 14, 2018 | Empowerment, Income Generation
This inspiring story was distributed by IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) in October 2017 and published in various forms online. We wanted to publish excerpts from it here in the IDS blog because the two young women in this story grew up in an orphanage run by Borderless...
by ashika | Mar 10, 2018 | Empowerment, Event
On March 8, 2018–International Women’s Day–175 women from Avani’s IDS-supported waste picker project participated in a huge rally in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Powerful politicians conducted the rally, and more than 7,000 women from Kolhapur...
by ashika | Jan 12, 2018 | Empowerment, News
Last month, 450 waste pickers from Kolhapur traveled to Nagpur (800 km one way) to put their demands before the state government during the legislative assembly section. During these sections, which are conducted every winter in Nagpur, important decisions are made...
by ashika | Dec 30, 2017 | Empowerment, Event
We would like to thank Sameer Prasad, IDS board member and conference participant, for contributing this conference report and photo. We had a very productive meeting on December 19, 2017 at IIT-Delhi. An intimate conference with an informal participatory...
by ashika | Jul 2, 2016 | Education, Empowerment, Income Generation
IDS recently received a quarterly report from the Himalayan Education Foundation (HEF) about the progress of the Himalayan Naari project. A HEF affiliate, Himalayan Naari is a women’s self-help group based in the villages of Chaukori and Munsiyari in...