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January 30, 2020

Building inclusive communities is the task of civil society

Until communities stop excluding people based on gender, caste, class, and religion, efforts to achieve the SDGs will always fall short.
by Shamik Trehan | 5 min read
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January 23, 2020

IDR Interviews | Bezwada Wilson

A lifelong crusader against manual scavenging, Bezwada Wilson talks about building a Dalit-led grassroots movement to liberate the community from this practice.
by Smarinita Shetty, Sneha Philip | 7 min read
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January 17, 2020

The state of justice in India

An inability to deliver justice or maintain the rule of law is estimated to have cost India an equivalent of nine percent of its GDP.
by Nithya Subramanian | 3 min read
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January 16, 2020

Corporates should support the rule of law

The time has come to align self-interest and public interest in support of the rule of law and constitutional values.
by Rohini Nilekani | 4 min read
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November 28, 2019

Mental health in India: Underserved and underfunded

Harsh and Rajvi Mariwala on taking a rights-based approach to funding mental health, the challenges of working with a range of stakeholders, and what philanthropy in India needs to do differently.
by Ayesha Marfatia, Sneha Philip | 6 min read
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November 20, 2019

Fighting the spectre of stigma

Stigma acts as a major roadblock in the healing process for survivors of trafficking. Here's a five point approach we can use to mitigate it.
by Roop Sen, Uma Chatterjee | 4 min read
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November 15, 2019

Photo essay: Where there are no sewers

A window into the world of the people who clean latrines in urban India.
by C S Sharada Prasad, Isha Ray | 5 min read
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August 29, 2019

A disorganised response to an organised crime

Human trafficking is perhaps one of the most well-organised crimes in India, but our fight against it has been fragmented and inadequate.
by Uma Chatterjee | 6 min read
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May 31, 2019

Inside Indian prisons: What does the data tell us?

Prison Statistics India 2016, published in April after a long, unexplained delay, omits details about caste and religious identities of the prison population.
by Nishant Gokhale | 3 min read
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May 03, 2019

Grassroots leadership: Six things we learnt from Sujata Khandekar

From leaving your assumptions, to checking your own privilege—important lessons for anyone working with marginalised communities.
by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read
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