World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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Charaka: Invigorating Gandhian thoughts
Driven by situational factors in the Malenad region, intellectuals at the Kavi-Kavya Trust in 1996, formed a new initiative called the "Charaka Gramodyog Unit", primarily to generate alternate reliable employment opportunities for rural women.
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Pine monocultures make way for biodiversity
Fifteen years ago the hillside of Karsog Tehsil in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh was covered with pine mono cultures. The officials of the forest department preferred pine as it is not eaten by cattle, grows quickly after a fire, is hardy, requires minimum effort and had a good survival rate.
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Public toilets for women in slums of Delhi
A study undertaken to assess the condition of public toilets in slums and resettlement areas of Delhi reveals startling figures on the inadequate number of toilets and urinals for women.
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Stemming the tide: relief, reconstruction and development in coastal Andhra Pradesh
This document presents the three-year Andhra Pradesh Relief to Development project which aimed to improve the capacity of target communities to better manage in times of disaster. This project took place in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, in December 2004, to restore the livelihoods of affected communities.
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Adult women's blood mercury concentrations vary regionally in the United States: Association with patterns of fish consumption
The current, continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has included blood mercury (BHg) and fish/shellfish consumption since it began in 1999. NHANES 1999
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Multiple cropping system for conservation and sustainable use in Jeypore tract of Orissa, India
This paper examines the composition of traditional food crops among the different tribal communities and the method of sustainable food crop production. Three tribal communities, inhabiting seven villages in Orissa, India were studied. A structured questionnaire was administered to elicit information in the areas of crop mixtures and reasons for such mixtures.
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Illuminating lives
The Government of Andhra Pradesh established the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), in the year 2000, to bring light into the lives of the rural poor. It implements two poverty reduction projects with an amount of Rs. 2000 crores. SERP's current programmes reach year by 80 lakh households of Andhra Pradesh. It is the single largest rural development programme run by government.
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Women peasants, food security and biodiversity in the crisis of neoliberalism
With their kitchen gardens in local communities, women are responsible for the food crops that secure the food supply. Cash crops and monetary income are, on the other hand, defi ned as masculine.
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Urban Agriculture in El Alto: An experience of revitalisation
The structural food crisis in the city of El Alto has had an especially negative impact on the lives of the poorest families. Urban agriculture is one of the alternative strategies initiated to improve their food security, but also to enhance the social inclusion of the women involved, who have more time available than the men and who can develop additional skills through this activity.
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Addressing gender concerns in Indias urban renewal mission
The Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) aims to pursue reform, good governance and planned development in urban areas. It seeks to set up participatory, transparent and accountable processes, mechanisms and institutions to enable all citizens - poor and rich, men and women