The idea of shelter homes for women still grapples with much prejudice along its poignant manifestation. Society seems to judge the moral values when a woman is found to seek a shelter other than her family home. Who are those women looking for the other home or are these homes really set up for providing... Continue Reading →
There was a time when I often came across the notion of being ‘privileged’ for either owning a tea-garden or having had fresh processed tea right from the processing centre. Everyone surrounding me - my family members, relatives, acquaintances used to take pride in drinking tea from one of the known tea-estates and being a... Continue Reading →
What do we mean, when we say Gender?! Is it different from Sex that we often come across in an application form? well, I know most of you will say or think ‘Yes! its different from Sex and which is obvious, but there are many others who simply believes that sex is gender. Let me... Continue Reading →
As part of the Foundation for Social Transformation: Enabling Northeast India (FST) thematic area of “Gender Equality and Justice”, my project, a life skills program with adolescent girls in an urban slum of Guwahati, operates under this objective. As mentioned in my last post, a survey was conducted on the socio-economic, health status of female youth... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Funtanilla Back in the middle of October, I began doing field work for my project with the Foundation for Social Transformation: Enabling Northeast India (FST) in Guwahati, Assam. As part of my work plan, 100 surveys would need to be administered, interviews from girls in both the school and community completed and analyzed by the... Continue Reading →
Marching Towards Change 