Grassroots groups are helping improve the living and working conditions of hundreds of thousands of low-income women in urban informal settlements across India. By organising and influencing local service providers, …
The power of radio
Shivanee HarsheyFor World Radio Day Shivanee Harshey explains how Oxfam India was able to take their message about gender based violence to new audiences through a popular radio show. Radio is …
New Delhi: a city of men?
Shannon PhilipWhat does it mean to be a man? Prescriptive gender norms limit the lives of both men and women. Earlier this week Neha Kagal described how women’s empowerment in wastepicker …
A man’s path to gender equality?
Neha KagalWhat happens to the gender dynamics in a community when women become socially and economically empowered? Neha Kagal conducted research among Dalit communities in India which found pathways to gender …
Nothing for us without us: Participatory processes and the New Urban Agenda
Rhonda DouglasHalf the world’s population live in cities, and urban informal workers make important economic, social, and environmental contributions to city life. Rhonda Douglas from WIEGO argues that the New Urban …
Tale of Buguru Chitamma: How a cooperative transformed fisher women into leaders
Ranjana DasHow can cooperatives help women to lead and take control of their livelihoods? In the first of our new ‘Her Series’ pieces, Savvy Soumya & Ranjana Das from Oxfam India …