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Changemaker'1% of our GDP will provide social security for the unorganised sector'
Recently nominated Man of the Year, veteran trade union leader Baba Adhav has spent a lifetime advocating the rights of porters, construction workers and others in the unorganised sector. He is now pressing for the passage of the Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Bill More... John Papa battles to retain controlled tourismColonel John Wakefield, 92, who shot his first tiger when he was 10 but is now a passionate conservationist, is battling to keep 'market forces' away from Karnataka's Kabini River Lodge More... 'No peace without equitable sharing of resources': Wangari MaathaiNobel Laureate Wangari Maathai talks about her passion for planting trees, and the strong links between the environment, democracy and peace More... Papamma sows seeds of changePapamma is the driving force behind the seed conservation movement in D Kurubarahalli village, Karnataka. Slowly but surely she has managed to turn the mindset of the villagers towards preserving and maintaining traditional seed varieties and setting up kitchen gardens to ensure food security More... 'There is more slavery today than in the 1800s': Gloria SteinemTrafficking is almost as profitable as the arms and drugs trade, says legendary women's rights activist and writer Gloria Steinem More... What choice do trafficked women have?Every woman in prostitution is forced into it, and therefore has to be forcibly rescued, says Dr Sunitha Krishnan, co-founder of the anti-trafficking organisation Prajwala, explaining her organisation's strategies and the motivation for her work with abused and exploited women More... 'We need to fight patriarchy, not men'In an exclusive interview to InfoChange, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi explains why culture should be dissociated from religion, why Islam is not incompatible with human rights, and how women all over the world - not just in Islamic countries - suffer injustice More... 'Documentary filmmakers: An endangered species'Filmmaker, wildlife conservationist and Green Oscar-winner Mike Pandey discusses his films on the horseshoe crab, whale shark and other endangered species More... Janaagraha: Harnessing the force of the peopleDespite the 74th Amendment which calls for ward-level committees and empowered gram panchayats, despite the Right to Information and the National Urban Renewal Mission’s requirement of citizen participation through Area Sabhas, people’s participation in urban local governance is minimal. Janaagraha in Bangalore has been attempting to change that over the past four years. An in-depth report on its processes More... |
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