𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 Reshma Badnale lives in Rampur village, Kamalnagar block of Bidar district, Karnataka. She is part of a joint family of six, balancing her roles as

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 Nandini Dharane lives in Khatgoan village of Bidar district, Karnataka, where women have always worked on farms but are rarely recognised as farmers. Born

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 Asha Kumari hails from Mai village in Nalanda district, Bihar. She comes from a landless family, where livelihoods have always been uncertain. Her

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢’𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 Neelam Devi is 45 years old and lives in Ben Bajar village of Nalanda district, Bihar. Married and part of a

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 Kalmuste is a small tribal village in Nashik, surrounded by hills. Behind its beauty, women carried a silent struggle

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 Deepa Shinde from Chorakhali village, Dharashiv, Maharashtra, transformed her small struggles into big changes for her family and community. Once a homemaker

FPO Impact Awards 2025 winner under the category Vijayalakshmi Das Friend of Women FPO by ACCESS Development Services, a national livelihoods support organization Manjiri Sakhi Farmer Producer Company #manjirisakhifpo supported

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 In Hisori village of Latur, Maharashtra lives Sangeeta Shinde, a woman who turned her small home-based work into a sustainable, year-round livelihood. She lives

A teacher at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Pulachiwadi Mr. Wagh, a teacher at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Pulachiwadi village shared his experience after a new interactive

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 In Chincholi village of Dharashiv, Maharashtra, Manisha Ware has built a steady livelihood with her small piece of land. After studying till the 10th

𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝 In the green hills of Kottathara in Wayanad, Kerala, a group of 20 women farmers transformed over two acres

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Laxmi Biradar lives in Sonal village of Bidar district, Karnataka. She helps her husband run a small service centre in the village. Since Sonal is

Building Strength through Multiple Livelihoods Chandrakala Patil, a 44-year-old woman farmer from Balur village in Bidar district, manages her home, farm, and small enterprises with equal dedication. A mother of

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐉𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 In Shevdi Bajirao village of Loha taluka, Nanded, lives Mrs. Jyoti Satwa Lute, a young mother expecting her second child. During the

𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 In Kottathara village of Wayanad, Kerala, a group of 20 women decided to take charge of their future through mushroom cultivation. Most