Infochange Dossier: Access to justice
Disabled women and sexual violence
What difficulties do disabled women face in accessing the legal system and navigating the trial process? And what are the consequences for them of making sexual assault gender-neutral for perpetrator and victim?
Policing hijras
In the wake of several positive developments for transgender communities in Karnataka came 36A, a startling amendment to the state Police Act aimed at controlling the 'objectionable activities' of 'eunuchs'. The new rule relegates hijras to second-class citizens, vulnerable to police harassment and surveillance
Environment
The committee cop-out
The Indian government seems to resolve all contentious issues related to environment and economic growth by setting up more committees, writes Milind Wani
Education
Marie Christine de Rochemonteix:A school with heart
Marie Christine de Rochemonteix, a French national living in Hyderabad, is determined to play an active part in India's literacy movement. Her schools, which take in disabled children as well, offer students a healthy mix of practical, innovative, all-round education
Women
Bimla Devi: Health messages and hymns
Bimla Devi, a young dalit woman from Nagal Teju village in Haryana, has managed to ensure safe motherhood and deliveries in her village. She has got the upper and lower castes drinking water from the same tap. She has prevented a child marriage. And she has spread awareness about gender ...
Water resources
Harvest from the skies
Five model rainwater-harvesting projects in Delhi show how the city's fast-depleting groundwater table can be recharged and how the acute water scarcity could be tackled
Human rights
Impunity under AFSPA
The impunity under AFSPA of law-enforcement personnel guilty of sexual offences against women is most pronounced in the Northeast, writes KS Subramanian
Disabilities
25% of Sharayu's workforce is disabled
At Sharayu Precision, Subhash Chuttar employs over 36 mentally and physically challenged men and women who work at jobs ranging from riveting, drilling and greasing to polishing and packing. Chuttar has just won the Helen Keller Award instituted by the National Centre for Promotio...
