Ayushya Singh

Dec 7, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Xianghong Wang |Ayushya Singh |Vikas Meshram

In a hamlet of Mahuari village, in Hussainabad block, several woman had collected around a small contractor who had been assigned the work for constructing several toilets in their village (located in Palamau district of Jharkhand). They had heard complaints that the toilets were being constructed in a very hurried and poor way.

Dec 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Xianghong Wang |Bharat Dogra |Ayushya Singh |Orusa Karim

BEIJING – In recent decades, the invisible barrier that prevents women from ascending to senior positions in politics, business firms, and other organizations has been cracked, if not shattered, in a growing number of countries. But another barrier – a “second glass ceiling” – to women’s advancement remains. As a result, women across sectors and countries are increasingly leaving the workforce prematurely – and not by choice.

Dec 1, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Ayushya Singh |Orusa Karim |Cedric Prakash

It has been seen time and again that when women get a more significant role in development initiatives and when they have more say in deciding priorities, then development initiatives are strengthened in significant ways. Women have higher commitment to sustainability and to meeting the most basic needs of their families and decide their priorities on this basis.

Mar 3, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy |Bharat Dogra |Ayushya Singh |Madabhushi Sridhar

Chingari is an organization mainly of rural women of weaker sections which has been involved in raising several issues of justice and equality in parts of Bundelkhand region. One of its more active units in Banda district recently organized a two day camp in Rai Kolawalpur village (Mahua block) to introspect on the problems facing them and the challenges ahead on February 28 and March 1 2024.

Nov 8, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |April M. Short |Ayushya Singh |Don Fitz

Whenever serious confrontations and disputes emerge in international contexts, there is a frequent tendency among those committed to peace to try to reach some hasty solutions so that at least violence can stop. This is justified when the costs of ongoing violence are very heavy. In the case of international negotiations including those with the mediation of bigger powers, often the perspective of the bigger powers is reflected which may not entirely be in accordance with the concerns of justice.