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This story is of another Bhil tribal woman Karoti Bai. She is an actvist in the women’s organisation ‘Kansari Nu Vadavno’. It is active in Khargone district of Madhaya Pradesh, India. Karoti Bai started work with her Barela cmmunity and she first noticed that most women suffered from a lack of reproductive health services. SomeContinue reading “End State Violence Against Women”

There was a news report in the daily newspaper Hindustan Times Indore Live edition of 3rd Decemeber 2010 that World Health Organisation is holding an orientation programme for measles immunisation with NGOs . Is there a need for WHO to be involved directly with the immunisation programme ? Or should it instead be putting pressureContinue reading “Malnutrition is more an Economic than a Health problem”

Ms Michelle Bachelet Executive Director UN Women Re: Reproductive Health of women at the Grassroots Dear Madam, United Nations Women should pay attention to women and child health care with the help of feminist groups. Women’s groups have a good idea about how to tackle reproductive health problems at the remote village and urban slumContinue reading “Give responsibility for Grassroots Reproductive Healthcare to Women's Groups”

I returned to my village Jepra for the last rites of a cousin of mine and came face to face with two other living tragedies. Keja joined the Ekta Parishad with me as a creche worker all of 23 years ago and fell in love with a boy of another caste and got pregnant. HerContinue reading “The Miraculous First Step”

Recently the salesman of the public distribution outlet in village Chapria some forty kilometers from Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh took out all the wheat, rice and sugar meant for subsidised distribution to the villagers during the night on 2nd February, 2011 and then lodged a complaint with the Police outpost in Phoolmal village nearbyContinue reading “Atrocity on Tribal Woman”

The Supreme Court of India has passed on 22.7.10 what can only be termed as a fascinating landmark judgment in favour of women. I am attaching this judgment for the benefit of members. The case relates to the amount of payment in compensation to be made to the legal relatives of a housewife killed inContinue reading “Supreme Court of India Bats for Women's Work”

I am coming back to my journal after a long hiatus of over two months during which I was busy in the field and rarely approached my computer. One of the most shocking statistics is that South Asia is both the biggest source and destination of women and girls trafficking in the world. Mainly forContinue reading “Trafficking in Women and Prostitution Dissected”

The maternal mortality rate in India is 400 deaths per 100000 live births and in the state of Madhya Pradesh it is even worse at 490 per 100000 live births. Recognising this to be a serious problem the Government of Madhya Pradesh has introduced a scheme called the Janani Suraksha Yojana or Maternal Security Scheme.Continue reading “Safe Motherhood Express Derailed”

There are many castes, cultures and religions in India and in all of these many types of violence take place against women. First of all there is mental and physical violence by a woman’s husband. Apart from this the other members of her in-laws family like mother, father and brother in law also oppress herContinue reading “End the Curse of Domestic Violence”

Jendli Bai is a Bhil Tribal Activist woman of the Kansari Nu Wadaveno. It is a women’s organisation in Khargone District of western Madhaya Predesh in India . She had also played an important role with the tribal organisation Adivasi Morcha Sangathan and she has acheived fame for her work for her tribal community .Continue reading “Elusive Property Rights”