International Women’s Day -2021 is very special for CASA. It’s a delight to announce, CASA with the support of the Church of Sweden has launched an exclusive Gender Desk to emphasise the importance of Gender Justice work. CASA has been working for Gender Justice all throughout and across our constituencies in all these years.   Gender Desk comes to add vigour […]

Poverty has been an inevitable problem in India since the beginning of time. The increasing problems of poverty caused by overpopulation and the unequal distribution of wealth among the people have led to a huge impact on the life of millions in the rural as well as the urban area. A person has to acquire […]

Climate change is a prevailing problem globally whose hazardous repercussions extend beyond the environment. Shrinking glaciers, extinction of plants and animal species, mutation, rise in the Earth’s average temperature and triggered seasonal fluctuations, are some of the impacts of climate change that have already grabbed the headline. Certain early predictions pertaining to climate changes had […]

The sudden nation-wide lockdown led to what was probably one of the largest mass migration of people in recent times. Out of jobs to earn a living, out of a roof to live under and with little to zero access to food and medicine, the migrant workers from various parts of the country were forced […]

The 16 days of Activism campaign against Gender-Based violence follows the 2020 UNiTE campaign theme ‘Orange the world : Fund , Respond , prevent , collect’ which is an apt and relevant theme that shall be focused across the globe by women’s  groups, feminist organisations, gender-justice fraternity, faith groups , civil society organisations and corporate […]

“We are facing a lot of difficulty to sustain our family. There is no work available to earn any income.” The havoc created by the pandemic has made life extremely difficult for 32-year old Gora Bai Kodar, who is paralysed from waist down. She lives with her family of four in the village of Pounatha […]

Sanjay Kumar Saroj is a 19-year-old resident of Rasulpur village in Gram Panchayat of Jaunpur block, Machil Shahar, Uttar Pradesh. He belongs to the ‘Pasi’ community and has a family of seven to look after. Due to financial strains in the family, they could not perform farming activities on their small landholding. Working as a […]

40-year-old Babli Tulsiram of Ambada, Madhya Pradesh, has a family of seven to look after.  With the nationwide lockdown, the rate of unemployment has increased unprecedentedly, with Babli being no exception to this suffering. Each year, her family migrates seasonally. This year, during the Kharif season, which is the most productive time for cultivation for […]

Violence against women in India is an issue rooted in societal norms and economic dependence. This affects the physical and psychological well being of the women. Although female participation in public life is increasing and laws have been amended, India still has a long way to go to make women equal citizens. The situation of […]