20 young people from across the North East Region (NER) are selected for a one-year fellowship that entails comprehensive training by eminent wildlife and environment filmmakers, conservationists, and other resource persons from across the country, along with an internship with organisations working in the field of conservation and social change. The Green Hub Fellows represent…
Original Story: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Ministry-Empowers-Female-Agriculturalists-Encourages-Them-to-Branch-Out-into-Organic-Farming/2015/11/01/article3107988.ece
Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Jan 1 – Concerned citizens, educational institutions, women and youth groups came together at 1 pm today to form a ‘Human Chain for Peace’. It was done in order to raise consciousness on the many senseless acts of violence across the State at an event held at the Gauhati Club rotary. Around…
Press Statement Representatives of women civil society delegations from India in Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 ReviewBangkok, 19 November 2014 Representatives of women civil society delegations from India attending the ongoing Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review organised by UN Economic and Social…
Date: 01 July Original Story: http://scroll.in/article/668709/These-nine-laws-make-Indian-women-less-equal-than-men A recent UN report studying India’s legal code lists all the ways laws officially support men over women. Diksha Madhok, qz.com · Jul 1, 2014 · 07:36 am In Goa, a Hindu man can remarry if his previous wife does not give birth to any male children by the age of…
Date: 07 April Safe City Initiative by NEN: The survey report by North East Network entitled Towards a Safer City for Women revealed different forms of sexual harassment in public places. 72.5 % women in Guwahati face different kinds of sexual harassment. The full report can be viewed athttps://www.northeastnetwork.org/resources/towards-safer-city-women We have now moved the report to the next…