Archive

Tag Archives: rural

Displaying 61 - 70 of 70 found posts.

Read more »

NDTV (2005.3.14): Uttaranchal women shoulder family burden

Monday, March 14, 2005 (Dehradun): In Uttaranchal after the father goes to work in a nearby school, 21-year-old Neelam and her sister set out to do what most women in the hills have done traditionally. Neelam is studying for her MA, but she and her…

Read more »

Read more »

Tehelka (2004.12.25): Sow the seeds of revolution

The Chipko spirit is still strong in the Garhwal Himalayas by Harsh Dobhal for Tehelka.com Thirty years is a long time for any movement to continue. But the famous Chipko movement lives on — thriving and pulsating, challenging and sustaining, albeit in a different form.…

Read more »

Comments Off on Uttarakhand panchayat women want greater role in governance Read more »

Uttarakhand panchayat women want greater role in governance

S.M.A. KAZMI, Indian Express – November 18, 2000 DEHRADUN, NOV 17: After the formation of Uttarakhand, the hill women — who played a pivotal role in their struggle for a separate state — have decided to be more assertive. They have sought to replace the…

Read more »

Comments Off on Women panchayat pradhans undergo training Read more »

Women panchayat pradhans undergo training

[UNI] DEHRA DUN, AUG 6: `Pragati,’ a unique all women’s organisation in the Doon Valley, is making concerted efforts to enable newly elected women pradhans of panchayats in Uttaranchal region to function efficiently. A four-day intensive training programme was organised recently by `Pragati’ (Panchayati Rule…

Read more »

Comments Off on Toiling is thy name woman! Read more »

Toiling is thy name woman!

GOPESHWAR: Garhwali women – fair, slim, beautiful, literate and ever smiling. Isn’t that the picture that comes to mind? It is amazing how these women carry the burden of running the household single-handedly, while their men idle away their time. A woman’s day in Garhwal…

Read more »

Comments Off on Need to conserve Uttarakhand’s biodiversity stressed Read more »

Need to conserve Uttarakhand’s biodiversity stressed

UNI – Saturday, May 8 1999 DEHRA DUN: Activists of the “Beej Bachao Andolan” (Save the Seed Campaign) have stressed the need to conserve the rich biodiversity of the Uttarakhand hill region to reduce hunger and malnutrition in the area. At a workshop on “The…

Read more »

Comments Off on UNI: CAPART calls for documentation of rural technology Read more »

UNI: CAPART calls for documentation of rural technology

UNI – Wednesday, February 17 1999 DEHRA DUN: The Council for Advancement of People’s Action in Rural Technology (CAPART) has called upon the several NGOs working in the Garhwal and Kumaon hills to begin documenting rural technology in this region. Mr Ranjan Dutta, director general…

Read more »

Comments Off on Village-level plan to conserve forests in UP hills Read more »

Village-level plan to conserve forests in UP hills

By R.P. NAILWAL, The Times of India, September 8, 1998 DEHRA DUN: Village-level plans are to be implemented for the first time in the 12 hill districts of western Uttar Pradesh under the joint forest management (JFM) project launched by the Uttar Pradesh government with…

Read more »

Comments Off on To fetch a pail of water Read more »

To fetch a pail of water

Society: Villagers in a distant village in Uttar Pradesh crawl 40 metres through a dark, dangerous, narrow tunnel AJAY UPRETY in Lucknow The Week, July 12, 1998 The sky was overcast even though it was 1 p.m. We, photographer R.K. Mishra and I, abandoned our…

Read more »

Read more »

A people’s movement for Indian high Himalayan watershed management

By Sheena Chadha National Coordinator, Eco-Volunteer Program (UNDP/UNV) Gandhi Peace Foundation, D.D.U. Marg, New Delhi, India From: Participatory processes for integrated watershed management PWMTA-FARM Field Document No. 7 Edited by: Prem N. Sharma June 1997 Perched at a height of 6,000 ft. above mean sea…

Read more »

Page 7 of 7« First...34567

Categories

Archives