Swaccha Bharat

The South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) is a network of women journalists based in each country of the region -- that is, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. WE STAND FOR freedom of speech and…

The 88-page manual lists the rules and guidelines which schools have to follow to ensure safety of children in each category - divided into categories such as infrastructure, health and hygiene, psycho-social aspects, roles and…

रांची के दो गांव की तसवीर जिनके बदलने में रानी मिस्त्री के साथ गांव के लोगों की जागरूकता भी नजर आयी़ इस गांव के बदलते रूप को देखने का मौका यूनिसेफ के सहयोग से प्राप्त हुआ है़ दोनों गांव में महिलाओं की जागरूकता और उनका सहयोग दिखा़ रातु ब्लॉक…

Menstruation is still a subject of gender disparity in India. Myths about menstruation are largely prevalent, forcing many girls to drop out of school early or be ‘ostracised’ during the five days every month. Even if they use sanitary…

Menstruation is still a subject of gender disparity in India. Myths about menstruation are largely prevalent, forcing many girls to drop out of school early or be ‘ostracised’ during the five days every month. Even if they use sanitary…

Jharkhand’s trained women masons have built over 15 lakh toilets in one year When Seema Khujur’s husband died in 2010, leaving her with three young children to raise, the young woman had little choice but to take on daily wage…

The Gandulbari Primary School is situated in the Hura bloc of the Purulia district West Bengal. Apart from the students’ studies, it pays attention to building awareness about personal hygiene. With the help of community organisations, it…

In construction sites, women are mostly involved only as workers, but a Women Self Help Groups(SHGs) in Purulia district of West Bengal is breaking the stereotype and making women to build Toilets. The story features the construction site…

“Utho, Jaago, Lokhyo naa pohchano porjonto thaamo naa (Get up, Wake up, and until you find your destination don’t stop),” is the welcoming phrase at the entrance of the small primary school in Gundlubari Village, situated at Hura block in…

I knew I would not find the elusive, colorful Palash flower at this of the year in Purulia but I still hoped to find that one fresh twist in the routine, mundane sanitation, gender stories that would make me say that not only the Palash…