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A day in the life of a self-help group member who along with her team, works with citizens and the local government to improve waste management in Udupi.

by Chanda Anand Anchan | 5 min read

Diversity & Inclusion

“We want the same rights as cisgender women”

A day in the life of a trans rights activist working to fight prejudice against the trans, hijra, and intersex communities.

by Daina Dias | 6 min read

Failure Files

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Social change leaders chronicle their failures and lessons learnt.

Leadership & Talent

Unrealistic expectations and self-doubt

Early failures in a social entrepreneur’s journey lead him to question everything, including his self-worth.

by Zubin Sharma | 6 min read

Social Business

Let’s talk about burnout

Why cultivating well-being is one of the most essential skills a social entrepreneur can have.

by Mary Ellen Matsui | 5 min read

Leadership & Talent

Failure can look like success

What happens when work becomes the only measure of self-worth?

by Shruthi Iyer | 6 min read

IDR Interviews

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Conversations with visionaries on their life's work, and their efforts to challenge the status quo in our country.

"Development today is often understood as making other people become like you. When we enter villages as development agencies, we want to change people. But we have no right to do that."

Dr John Oommen

10 min read

"The liberation started when the manual scavengers themselves broke their own silence on the issue and started speaking out."

Bezwada Wilson

7 min read

"Development evolves from within; when you do it to others, it needs a different name. I would just call it colonisation."

Vandana Shiva

10 min read

Sectors

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Insights and analysis of specific sectors in the development arena—what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change.

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What India can learn about effective rental housing for migrant workers

Chile, Brazil and the US issue ‘rental vouchers’ to low-income groups, which can be exchanged in lieu of rent in formal, private housing.

by Prayash Giria, Rejeet Mathews | 4 min read

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Agriculture

The 10,000 FPOs scheme ignores women farmers

If we don’t revisit the new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) guidelines with a gender lens, women in the agriculture sector will be left behind.

by Shilpa Vasavada | 6 min read

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Gender

We need to change how we report crimes against women

Analysing data on violence against women solely based on the number of cases registered fails to provide a complete picture.

by Havovi Wadia, Jyoti Nale-Tajane | 6 min read

Themes

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Approaches and ideas that cut across sectors and counter the dominant narratives around us.

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Advocacy & Government

Collaboration

COVID-19

Diversity & Inclusion

Ecosystem Development

What India can learn about effective rental housing for migrant workers

Chile, Brazil and the US issue ‘rental vouchers’ to low-income groups, which can be exchanged in lieu of rent in formal, private housing.

by Prayash Giria, Rejeet Mathews | 4 min read

Agriculture

The 10,000 FPOs scheme ignores women farmers

If we don’t revisit the new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) guidelines with a gender lens, women in the agriculture sector will be left behind.

by Shilpa Vasavada | 6 min read

Gender

We need to change how we report crimes against women

Analysing data on violence against women solely based on the number of cases registered fails to provide a complete picture.

by Havovi Wadia, Jyoti Nale-Tajane | 6 min read

Expertise

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Skills and functions that are core to growing programmes and organisations.

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Board & Governance

Fundraising & Communications

Leadership & Talent

Monitoring & Evaluation

Programme

Technology

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Leadership & Talent

Reflections on our well-being journey through the pandemic

A glimpse into the well-being practices we tried to follow through our time working from home, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Ayesha Marfatia, Devanshi Vaid | 6 min read

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Monitoring & Evaluation

India’s social sector has a data problem

Evidence-based policy-making in India will not improve until we make administrative data more reliable.

by Abhirup Bhunia | 4 min read

Leadership & Talent

Lessons for nonprofits from COVID-19

A year since the COVID-19 crisis began, here are lessons on weathering the storm, and building resilient organisations.

by Stuti Shukla, Rukmini Banerji | 8 min read

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