Marginalised communities

From arbitrary exclusions to inadequate infrastructure, Aadhaar-related issues exclude India’s most marginalised communities from social welfare schemes.

Having pioneered the concept of SHGs, Aloysius Fernandez speaks about his journey over the last several decades, and how building institutions is the beginning of the basis of power for marginalised people.

Private security guards are at the forefront of maintaining COVID-19 safety norms. Their job is riskier than ever. Yet, many of them remain unvaccinated.

Rather than ensuring reproductive rights for its citizens, Uttar Pradesh’s new population policy violates them.

How can we ensure uninterrupted access to healthcare for people with disabilities during future disasters?

With more people being pushed into poverty, there is now a hierarchy of marginalisation. Those who were already vulnerable to COVID-19—people with leprosy, HIV, disabilities, transgender people, and sex workers—have become almost invisible now.

India's response to the second wave of COVID-19 glosses over the lack of infrastructure and technology know-how in rural India.

The government's recently published guidelines for vaccinating vulnerable groups are inadequate, and risk excluding the very people they are meant to benefit.

Social inequities in Indian society are replicated inside its prisons.

The need to provide clear information from a trusted source to people living in urban low-income communities has become a key factor in saving lives. Here’s five steps that will help you do just that.