Enterprise as a tool for upholding Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Rural Women in 3 states of North East

Meghalaya, Projects

Funded by Ford Foundation,the project has beenimplemented since 1st January 2019 and ending on 31st December, 2022.NEN’s long term goal is economic empowerment of rural women in north east India alongside upholding of their social and cultural rights, through sustainable livelihoods linked to preservation of their traditional practices of weaving, cultivation and collective work culture.  

Building Community response for Women Survivors of Domestic Violence in select districts of Assam & Meghalaya

Meghalaya, Projects

Funded by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), the project has been implemented in Assam and Meghalaya since 1st January 2018 and ending on 31st December 2020. The project aims to reduced incidence of domestic violence by 30% in select 5 districts of Assam and Meghalaya by the end of 3rd year by strengthening community response, ensuring state accountability…

Addressing and Redressing Gender Based Discrimination in North East India

Meghalaya, Projects

Funded by Bread for the World (BFTW) and MISERIOR Germany, the project is implemented in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland since April 2016 and ending on 31stMarch 2019. The objective of the project is to enhance the capacities of women to participate in local governance (formal and informal) and to engage with state agencies for stronger articulation of…

Organising women workers in Nagaland

Nagaland, Projects

Funded by BFDW and Cattani Fund and supported by Self Employed Women Association (SEWA), the project focuses on organising and strengthening unorganised women workers’ leadership and their organisation towards securing their rights and entitlements. Around 3000 women unorganised workers in the informal sector (farm producers, home based workers and vendors) from Phek, Kohima and Dimapur districts are mobilized and…

No one shall be left behind initiative: Biodiversity for Food, Nutrition and Energy Security for 3000 Households in Meghalaya and Nagaland

Nagaland, Projects

Funded by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and facilitated by North East Slow Food & Agrobiodiversity (NESFAS) Meghalaya, the project is implemented in 28 villages under Noklak and Phek districts of Nagaland. The goal of the project is to enhance indigenous food systems (IFS) to significantly contribute to improved nutrition, food security and sustainable livelihoods of North East Indian indigenous communities…

To strengthen millet growing communities; acknowledge their right to nutrition, food, sustainable livelihood, dignity: Reclaim millets into the farming and policy landscape of India

Nagaland, Projects

Funded by Swallows through the Millet Network of India (MINI), the project aims to work towards recognition of millets as an integral part of the farming system, dietary and policy landscape of India; to promote millet farming and strengthen millet growing communities in Phek district of Nagaland. In 2018, NEN adopted 2 villages, Akhegwo and Meluri for intensive intervention.