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Rohingya fleeing Myanmar sought refuge in Jammu; now, they're facing prejudice from locals
Most of the legally recognised Rohingya in India are settled in Jammu and Kashmir, where they face tough living conditions — and the risk of deportation
Video Volunteers: In Jharkhand's Gumla, a district hospital is providing a model for efficient maternal healthcare
Shanti Baraik Sardar Hospital in Jharkhand's Gumla district is providing a model for efficient maternal healthcare in the state.
Video Volunteers: In Jharkhand's Gumla, a district hospital is providing a model for efficient maternal healthcare
Shanti Baraik Sardar Hospital in Jharkhand's Gumla district is a model for efficient maternal healthcare in the state.
Video Volunteers: Role of local self governance bodies in promoting maternal health in Rajasthan
Local self-governance bodies are promoting maternal health and awareness in Jambuda Village, Udaipur, Rajasthan with the help of community participation.
Video Volunteers: Role of local self governance bodies in promoting maternal health in Rajasthan
Local self-governance bodies are promoting maternal health and awareness in Jambuda Village, Rajasthan with the help of community participation.
Video Volunteers: How Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society built a Primary Healthcare Centre in Bhoola village in Sirohi
Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society along with support from the community built a primary healthcare centre in Bhoola village, in Sirohi district, Rajasthan.
Video Volunteers: How Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society built a Primary Healthcare Centre in Bhoola village in Sirohi
Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society along with support from the community built a primary healthcare centre in Bhoola village, in Sirohi district, Rajasthan.
Video Volunteers: Frontline heath workers are playing a crucial role in maternal care in West Bengal
In Shikarpur, West Bengal, frontline health workers are encouraging pregnant ladies to opt for delivery in hospitals as opposed to deliveries at home.
Video Volunteers: Medical negligence and abuse rampant in Jharkhand hospital
Nearly 45,000 women die due to childbirth-related causes every year in India. With disrespectful care and the poor state of government hospitals, women may not seek maternal healthcare altogether.
In Bihar’s Arwal young boys are being kidnapped and forced into slavery
Between 2015 and 2016, six boys aged between 8 and 16 years went missing in Karpi block of Arwal district in Bihar. Two of them returned after managing to escape their captors. They have harrowing tales to recount. “These men hit me on my face and I fell unconscious. When I woke up I was in a different place. They told me it was Ludhiana,” recalls Manoj Kumar*. He as made to chop wood from nine in the morning till six every evening. “There were eight of us. The other boys were from Sultanpur, Aurangabad, Agra,Jharkhand. Twenty men guarded us. They would beat us if we didn’t chop wood and not give us food. There was no payment at all. They killed four boys. And threw them in the river nearby.” Chilling as his story is, Manoj’s impassive recounting of the horrific ordeal reveals how normalised such violence had been in his life as a slave. Zafar Iqbal reports from Arwal, Bihar for Video Volunteers.
Video Volunteers: In Bihar’s Arwal young boys are being kidnapped and forced into slavery
Between 2015 and 2016, six boys aged between 8 and 16 years went missing in Karpi block of Arwal district in Bihar. Two of them returned after managing to escape their captors. They have harrowing tales to recount. “These men hit me on my face and I fell unconscious. When I woke up I was in a different place. They told me it was Ludhiana,” recalls Manoj Kumar*. He as made to chop wood from nine in the morning till six every evening. “There were eight of us. The other boys were from Sultanpur, Aurangabad, Agra,Jharkhand. Twenty men guarded us. They would beat us if we didn’t chop wood and not give us food. There was no payment at all. They killed four boys. And threw them in the river nearby.” Chilling as his story is, Manoj’s impassive recounting of the horrific ordeal reveals how normalised such violence had been in his life as a slave. Zafar Iqbal reports from Arwal, Bihar for Video Volunteers.
Video Volunteers: Sardar Sarovar Dam displaced rehabilitated to area that floods
Savita lives with 172 other families in Ganganagar – a resettlement colony in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district for those displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She is living inside a public toilet with her fourteen day-old child. “The water level started rising at midnight and our house got submerged,” she recounts. This is a regular occurrence plaguing the resettlement colony which is surrounded by shallow canals. Every monsoon flooding occurs and even after the water recedes, the residents have to live in knee-deep silt and mud for weeks after.
Video Volunteers: The Unsung Heroes of the 2017 Mumbai Flood
Thousands of migrant workers are employed by the BMC for the pre-monsoon cleanup every year. But they are made to work illegally in inhumane conditions. Under the Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act of 2013, employing individuals, directly or indirectly, to manually clean sewers without protective gears or other cleaning equipment is a punishable criminal offence. And yet this blatant criminal practice continues with impunity. Nana Kale is among the thousands of migrant workers who get brought into the city by contractors at the meagre wage of 300 rupees per day. Not only do they not have protective gear, they are also responsible for their own medical costs if they happen to get injured or fall ill.
Dismantling Patriarchy: Why religion remains an exclusive domain of men?
Religion remains the one arena worldwide that has denied women an equal footing with their male counterparts.
Video Volunteers: In Jharkhand women are targeted and branded witches whenever a calamity befalls the village
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 2,097 murders were committed between 2000 and 2012, where the motive was “witch hunting”. People, mostly women, are targeted and branded witches whenever a calamity befalls the village – be it death, disease or drought. Witch doctors known as Ojhas, mostly men are called upon to undo the supposedly evil influences of a witch. Many a times, victims and survivors of witch hunting are also women suffering from mental illnesses.