Let’s Lend a Helping Hand.
#AssamFloods #Lendahelpinghand #NorthEastNetwork Despite the pandemic, nature’s wrath is at it again with the floods in Assam. Lets join hands together by helping them in this crisis
Protection Officers!
Under the Domestic Violence Act, a court can appoint a protection officer to enforce its orders. The protection officer is a special post created to serve as a liaison between victims of domestic violence and the system. We are continuing the analysis of our rapid survey on women’s access to shelter during the pandemic. This…
And In The Garden They Played.
Meet Bajoplin karmudai, a resident of Shillong, Meghalaya who is an outreach worker of North East Network. The pandemic has brought everyone to a standstill. According to her observation she noticed that children are also very much affected especially with their given phase in life to grow mentally and physically. She had noticed that the…
There’s No Stopping!
Times like these are trying and challenging, we all need to look out for each other. Bills need to be paid and most of us are quite helpless and we are all looking for our paladin to come to the rescue. Meet Laitlin Lyngdoh, an outreach worker from West Khasi Hills who has been working…
WLTC Photo Stories
Anurita Hazarika Anurita has been associated with the North East Network (NEN) from 1995, beginning her stint with one of the earliest women’s rights organisations of northeast India as a student volunteer and now is the State Director of Assam. She has been vocal on women’s issues by publishing fact sheets and reports to influence policy…
Mobilising Rural Women to Tackle Violence and Disease
Tiffany Kharkongor (named changed) is a resident of Laitkor locality of Shillong in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. She is a Master Trainer associated with the NEN-SEWA project “Response to COVID-19”. She is tackling issues of gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health & rights and providing psychosocial services. Under the project, she is spreading awareness amongst…
Securing Livelihood for Street Vendors- Nuzovolu’s Story
In the aftermath of the Lockdown imposed due to the COVID 19 Pandemic from March 23, 2020, women street vendors and member of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in Kohima, Nagaland faced significant challenges in pursuing their livelihood. State authorities were not issuing permits to vendors on the designated days that were allotted for…
Migrating for better opportunities? – Neiwetso-ϋ’s story
COVID 19 Stories Mrs Neiwetso-ϋ is a 38 years old daily wage earner and a member of the Self Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) Nagaland unit. She lives with her husband and 2 sons in Pfutsero town of Phek district in Nagaland. As her family migrated to the town in search of better opportunities, they do…
Of Economic Empowerment and the freedom it brings-Dipali’s Story
Women Lead Series Born and raised in a hamlet in Assam’s Udalguri district, Dipali Bora’s life revolved around household chores, fishing and working in her husband’s field. She had always nurtured a desire to be self-reliant and effect change in her society someday but had no idea how to go about it. When a Nari…
Challenges to primary healthcare during the Pandemic- Bajoplin’s story
Bajoplin Kharmudai, a resident of Madanryting locality in East Khasi Hills District is a NEN Outreach Worker and an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) under the National Health Mission. On 29 March 2020, Bajop got a distress phone call from a woman (a previous Domestic Violence client), requesting her help to go back home, where…