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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... 'Gandhi works, always'LC Jain looks back on half-a-century of policymaking and analysis and traces India's problems to one key factor: an over-reliance on the bureaucracy to helm India's development, and our failure to remember what Gandhi knew well -- nothing should and can be done without the involvement of the people 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... |
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