Girls don’t need to be educated. Girls don’t play football or any ball for that matter- that is the domain of boys. Girls are an economic burden; they must be married off. Women walking on the road deserve to be catcalled, they asked for it. Young boys and girls from schools in Darrang and Udalguri…
Indigenous food systems, social solidarity and community-led public health systems Public Health in India is an issue that has reached crisis proportions and for the regions of the North East, whose marginalization has been historic, the crisis has intensified. Government efforts many a time are blanket policies that do not include local context and deny…
The NEN Farm School, an initiative of North East Network concluded its 4th edition at Chizami in Phek District of Nagaland. Beginning in 2016, to address the growing issue of food insecurity, the NEN farm school presents traditional sustainable farming systems as an alternative to young participants from schools of adjoining districts of the state.…
How much work do women think they do compared to their male counterparts? Do they get paid or even recognized enough for that work? Such were the questions raised by the team among the community women or the ‘Seng Kynthei’ as they are called in Khasi Society. As part of the agenda of strengthening women’s…
With a vision to create and promote a gender just society, North East Network has been building the capacity of women leaders in several districts of Meghalaya on women’s human rights to social protection. This, in one way is paving a path to equality by empowering grassroots women leaders. Our earlier engagement with rural women’s…
The role of the police all over the world and in India, in particular, is becoming vastly bureaucratic and convoluted. The police department is at the forefront of the criminal justice system has the ability and power to change the current situation of crimes against women and children. With this thought in mind, North East…
Through the years, North East Network has been consistently building the capacities and knowledge of its partners and stakeholders, in this case government departments tasked with the implementation and effectiveness of laws that aim to safeguard women’s rights. Our engagement with the Police in Assam has revealed many gaps in reporting of cases of gender…
Deccan Herald Some disturbing facts await policy makers in Assam — the state that reported the second highest rate of crime against women after Delhi, in 2016” says Deccan Herald in response to a study published by NEN in collaboration with the Department of Women’s Studies, Gauhati University supported by Bread for the World. The study has created…
Nagaland celebrates World Environment Day at Chizami North East Network, Chizami Sports Association and Forest Beat, Chizami Dept. of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. Of Nagaland came together on the occasion of World environment day celebration on 5th June 2019 at Chizami where a series of events were organized. The program was kicked off…
NEN Meghalaya celebrates World Environment Day Forests are an integral part of community life in Meghalaya, a reality that many people living in cities might be forgetting. It was with this idea in mind that North East Network decided to celebrate World Environment Day this year by bringing together representatives from the Department of Forest,…