Ear To The Ground

Initiatives is a compilation of two studies. The first study is on Palamau (Jharkhand), where 'Pani Chetna Manch' successfully implemented an alternative to mega-dams through a participatory process. Published as a story 'Micro Alternative to Dams' in Economic Times on 13th September 1995.  The second is on Sharam Niketan of Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) where the innovative experiment in education was conducted to empower the tribal community in the context of their life situation.  Stories on Sharam Niketan has been published in Pioneer & Deccan Herald The story on Shram Niketan carried by Humanscape has been placed in  https://jumpshare.com/v/scf0rQZxY56Ul2BMzmPA

The booklet documents the synergistic leadership between Social Action for Human Resources Development (SOHARD)- Rajasthan and Friedrich- Ebert- Stiftung and other stakeholders in the 'Women in Local Self Governance' project in Neemrana of Alwar district in Rajasthan. Read the study on SOHARD at https://jumpshare.com/v/HvnJxhDEM1IqCi6K8nPX

The North Eastern State of Mizoram is the theatre where a war for supremacy between two species is being fought out. Plagued by a massive rodent menace, with swarms of rats descending upon city and village of Mizoram alike like a scourge periodically, the humans fight to gain an upper hand in this struggle for survival. This story is about a unique campaign led by 81-year old C. Rokhuma to free the state from the rodent menace. Log in for the full story at https://jumpshare.com/v/Nw3SPadh7IAKUjbbpxgF

The Shram Niketan non-formal education model in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district simultaneously engenders cultural relevance and market orientation in 15 tribal-student communities. Log in at https://jumpshare.com/v/scf0rQZxY56Ul2BMzmPA Published in Pioneer, Deccan Herald, Humanscape & Chalk Times

Lal Kuan, a village near the Badarpur-Mehrauli Road in Delhi has become a death zone. Silicosis has massacred around 3,000 people in Lalkuan since 1992. The deadly disease killed workers who were exposed to the dangers of stone cutting. Others also succumbed to this disease Published in Sahara Time & Grassroots Read it on https://jumpshare.com/v/lAiYw55V2R8kuEFFKIkZ

This booklet documents the endeavour of Mahila Shiksha Kalyam Evam Prashikshan Parishad (MSKPP), an NGO working in the Masturi block of Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh behind the launching of the Sakhi Bank. MSKPP through self-help groups has been motivating, organising, and enabling women with inherent leadership qualities to empower themselves socially, economically and politically. Please read the report at https://www.academia.e du/3511743/SAKHI_BANK_THE_SILENT_REVOLUTION_OF_WOMEN

Women face trafficking, migration, unemployment, deforestation etc. Coverage of women issues in the newspapers published from Jharkhand is quite dismal. The transformation of the agrarian economy to mining economy degrades women’s economic, social and cultural status. Hence non-existent social evils like wife battering, alcoholism, indebtedness, physical and sexual abuse, prostitution, polygamy and desertion are common in the mining region of Jharkhand.  The media monitoring study sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) tries to look at the content pertinent to women issues especially trafficking of tribal women in mining in the print media to see what goes in and what is left out….. Log in for the full study at: https://www.academia.edu/3371485/DO_MEDIA_HAVE_A_SPACE_FOR_WOMEN_TRAFFICKED_IN_MINING_IN_JHARKHAND https://jumpshare.com/v/Ed3xisBOXQFKpxGaYo9z