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

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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

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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

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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 Sometimes, change begins with a single conversation. For Jijabai Bavaskar from Pipalgaon Renai village, Ambad block of Jalna district, Maharashtra, it was a chance talk with