Sectors

Insights, best practices and the latest research on what works and what needs to change across sectors including agriculture, education, climate change, livelihoods, and public health.

a large crowd during a nighttime protest holding up a banner--Delhi protests

From college to central Delhi, what protests taught me about solidarity
Two acts of protest, a decade in between, and a running thread of care.
by Kaainaat | 6 min read

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two women sitting and talking. one of them is holding a smartphone and has a notebook on her lap_SIR deletion

Why is getting our names back on the voter list so hard?
A day in the life of a field organiser in Rajasthan, trying to get her family onto the voter list after the SIR.
a woman standing in a trolley handling a bright yellow fertiliser sack--fertilisers

From portal to patwari, Betul’s farmers scramble for fertilisers
E-tokens for fertilisers sent Madhya Pradesh's farmers rushing for land records, OTPs, and faraway vendors—leading many to miss the kharif sowing window. While the system was rolled back after protests, farmers were left reeling in the aftermath.
an illustration of a female protestor holding up the Constitution of India--protests

Why protest?
Despite the real risk to their lives and livelihoods, why do people take to the streets against powerful forces that often look undefeatable?
by Debojit Dutta | 5 min read
A line of people holding up their voter ID cards

Is a voter ID card enough?
Having a voter ID card doesn’t guarantee that you will find your name on your constituency's electoral roll. But what causes names to go missing, and how can they be added back?
Colorful stained glass spiraling across a chapel ceiling--social sector

Caste, class, and the many hierarchies of the social sector
Excluding marginalised communities from decision-making spaces has real costs, resulting in the sector reproducing the same inequalities it seeks to eliminate.
by Deepa Pawar | 6 min read
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