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    Durga is a human rights defender (HRD) associated with ActionAid India. For more than two decades, she has worked on issues related to the rights of the Musahar people and other marginalised communities, women, and informal workers, including enabling access to identity documents and government schemes and entitlements. Durga was previously also associated with the Vigyan Foundation and holds a master's degree in sociology from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in Delhi.


    Articles by Durga

    A group of rural women, dressed in colorful traditional sarees, sit on the ground in a semi-circle, attentively listening to a woman in a blue saree speaking during a community meeting held outdoors in a village_microfinance India
    Social Justice
    July 15, 2025
    Left for debt: Microfinance fractures families in Kushinagar’s villages
    In Uttar Pradesh, women from the Musahar community are often targeted for loans by microfinance companies. As debts grow, families are fleeing villages.
    by Durga | 3 min read
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