To enhance livelihood earning opportunities, a solar drier machine procured from Meghalaya was provided to Phekerkriema village with special focus on women’s needs. The user and environment-friendly technology will enable the community to preserve their fruits, vegetables and other perishable crops which deteriorate during the peak seasons due to the distance from markets and high…
A Capacity Building workshop was organised at Chizami with 10 Weavers from 29 – 31 March 2022. The 3-day workshop covered both practical and theory sessions on stock and inventory management. Weavers from Chozuba, Yoruba , Runguzu Nasa, and Chozuba Town attended the workshop. The weavers represented the weavers collective from their respective communities, for…
Saneki Weaves, a livelihood initiative by North East Network in Assam has been undertaking various initiatives to enable rural women weavers gain economic and social empowerment through the use of traditional looms. The women weavers from 6 districts receive regular training to augment their skills in weaving and related matters like colour coordination, quality control…
Women in Assam implement most of the work in agricultural farms, from sowing to harvesting, yet their access to resources is less than their male counterparts. Closing this gender gap is essential in order to accelerate the movement for equality and socio-economic empowerment of rural women. NEN has been consistently organising trainings for rural women…
Weaving with the use of traditional loin loom still remains an integral part of Naga women as it is in other parts of the North-East region. Women in Nagaland take immense pride in their rich tradition of weaving colours and motifs for her loved ones. Loin loom or the back-strap loom is one of the…
As part of capacity building measures, NEN Meghalaya organized an exposure visit of six NEN Trained Community Women Leaders and Farmers and two NEN Core Staff members to NEN Office at Chizami, Nagaland, from 25 October 2021 to 02 November 2021 The group attended the NEN Farm School organized by NEN, Chizami from the 28th…
On the occasion of World Toilet day 2021, North East Network (Nagaland) organised a 3 day-long youth skills training on low-cost toilet construction from 16th – 18th November 2021 at Razeba village. The training held under the theme ‘Valuing Toilets’ was aimed to introduce alternative low cost technique utilising local resources (bamboo) to provide affordable…
Street vendors and market traders are an integral part of urban economies around the world, offering easy access to a wide range of affordable goods and services in public spaces. International Street Vendors’ Day is celebrated on 14th November among street vendors around the world to address their common needs and challenges. This is especially…
NEN farm school (NFS) started on 28th October 2021 at Chizami with 19 participants from 3 states (Nagaland, Meghalaya and Assam) with the theme Bridging the Farm-To-Plate Gap. The farm school is designed to engage and reconnect young people to local food and farming systems and to revisit the diversity of food and its Cultural,…
Who is a Home-Based Worker? – A Home-based worker is a person who produces goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes. Although they remain largely invisible, home-based workers are engaged in many branches of industry and represent a significant share of urban employment in some countries, particularly for women…