Indian budget falls short on education, health and
welfare of minorities *
Women’s charter against poverty marks International Women’s
Day *
Women in workforce still lack decent work *
LifeLines Education links up rural teachers
The UPA government has yet again bypassed
the crucial issues of health and education
in its annual budget, says Indian anti-poverty
network Wada Na Todo Abhiyan. By focusing
on ‘model schools’ rather than functional
ones in every village, the government
reinforces the view that education is
a privilege rather than a fundamental
right.
Read more…
Tehreek-e-Pasmanda
Muslim Samaj and the
National Conference
of Dalit Organisations
came together in the
Indian capital to
demand from the government
a better deal for
the welfare of minorities.
Read more…
Sloganeering at the meeting Photo credit: Rajender Singh Negi, OneWorld South Asia
More than 10,000 women will come together
to release the
WNTA
Women’s Charter Against Poverty from March
6-17 in eleven states across India. The
charter highlights the recommendations of
the Women’s Tribunal on Poverty held in
October last year in the Indian capital.
Read more…
Women are likely to be stuck in low paying
vulnerable jobs even as they are entering
the workforce in greater numbers, claims
a new study by International Labour Organisation.
Decent and productive work is vital to wipe
out the glaring inequalities that exist
between women and men at the workplace.
Read more…
MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Target 18: In cooperation with the private sector,
make available the benefits of new technologies,
especially information and communications
Students at a class in rural Bardhaman, West Bengal Photo credit: Mahipal Rawat, OneWorld South Asia
Teachers in remote villages
of West Bengal will now
get their queries on pedagogy
and classroom management
answered by academic experts
through a pioneering digital
service that uses a mix of telephony
and internet.
Read more…
UNICEF's
2008 Humanitarian Action Reportis an appeal
for greater accountability and leadership action
by humanitarian agencies for 39 emergencies across
the world.
Advocacy Strategies and Approaches is the
latest resource manual by International Centre for
Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) for effective
mainstreaming of mountain development issues and themes in
policymaking.
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