One evening, during the pandemic when the entire country was under lockdown, our community mobiliser Moon from Golaghat district received a distress call from an elderly woman. She informed Moon that a few days ago, her married daughter Gita (name changed) had returned home with her five-month-old daughter after being violently beaten up by her…
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Shelter Homes in Assam are not accepting new residents in the absence of relevant guidelines for the COVID 19 Pandemic The safety of our homes has become rhetoric in the political narrative of the COVID 19 Pandemic. For those without it, the government claims to provide for shelter homes. There are over 70 shelter homes…
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Watch this space to know how tribal communities in north east India are being affected by the COVID 19 Pandemic and resultant lockdown.
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Tsurila is a Field Coordinator with us at North East Network, based in Shamator, in Tuensang District of Nagaland. She is also a home-based weaver and leads YBAST, the local women’s organisation in her town. In remote areas such as Shamator, our Field Coordinators hold the baton of mobilizing women workers in the unorganised sector-…
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North East Network has been working on the issue of domestic violence in Assam for the past 25 years. During this period we have been closely associated with the Social Welfare Department in addressing the issue jointly through collaborative programmes and interventions. In view of the COVID19 pandemic related closures and lockdown, increasing numbers of…
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Supports marginalized communities and women by providing ration kits As we sit in our homes and put up social media stories of #stayhome, there are millions in the country were struggling to have one square meal a day even before the world was hit by the deadly virus. 21 days into a nationwide lockdown, India’s…
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Women are leading the fight against COVID 19 in many places and NEN has been a witness to many such stories of courage, compassion and intent. One such story is that of Sriganga, a daily wage earner from Lal Ganesh Area of Guwahati in Assam. She had been associated with us for a few years…
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For the first time in India, women can now know all their legal rights at the click of a button. India’s first website for women’s laws, called Pink Legal, has been launched by a female lawyer from Hyderabad. Pink Legal explains all women related rights, from sexual harassment, rape, how to file a police complaint,…
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I am Generation Equality: Celebrating women’s rights International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality and women’s rights and to rid society of the discrimination and exploitation faced by women. IWD signifies that…
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I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights This Annual Day that celebrates women in all their diversity, struggles and achievements has been extremely important to North East Network over the years. We use it as an opportunity to connect with the multitude of communities that we work with both in urban and rural spaces, recognize…
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