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International Women’s Day -2021
8 Mar 2021
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 […]
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Overcoming Gender and Poverty Barriers
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 […]
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Impact of Climate Change on Women
16 Jan 2021
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 […]
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Ailing Gardens of North Bengal
24 Sep 2016
The East India Company in late 1850s started to show interest in the production of CTC or black tea in Dooars region – particularly in Alipurduar (previously a part of Siliguri, but now a separate district) in northernmost part of West Bengal. Situated on the foothills of the Himalayas, the town is still a gateway […]
Once an ordinary tribal woman, Now a Sarpanch
Santabai Warkade was an ordinary woman from an ordinary Adivasi (tribal) family until she joined Ekta Jan Sangathan. Exactly a back, her village people were dancing on the streets and garlanding Santabai as she had won the post of Sarpanch for Neempani Panchayat in Betul district. She had become the first ever Sarpanch to be […]
Heavy rains, flood disrupts life in Madhya Pradesh; Many killed
12 Jul 2016
Floods have wrecked havoc in Madhya Pradesh with heavy rains and strong water currents washing away shelters of many and killing several persons in the disaster-related incidents. The situation remains intense in the state as MeT Department has forecasted heavy downpour in the state in the next couple of days. [gdlr_video url=”https://youtu.be/W5V9_ZRRA3s” ] Heavy […]
Integrating UN General Assembly 2015 Sustainable Development Goals
29 Jun 2016
A three-day talk is underway in Kolkata to hold a discussion on integrating the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) — adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 — within CASA’s work. The senior-most CASA staff across India will analyse the relevance of SDGs with our current programme strategies and chalk out a future […]
World leaders stand together to #ReShapeAid at World Humanitarian Summit
25 May 2016
‘Opportunities are there, now transform words into actions’, says ACT Alliance New Delhi, May 24: The World Humanitarian Summit has identified key opportunities that exist for more effective collaboration among diverse stakeholders but clear implementation strategies are now needed if we are to better deliver to affected populations in crises, ACT Alliance said. [gdlr_video […]
First-ever World Humanitarian Summit
20 May 2016
Clear action on ways forward needed at WHS, says ACT Alliance New Delhi, May 20: Renewed action and investment in humanity is needed at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next week if we are to move from delivering aid to ending need, international faith-based humanitarian and development network ACT Alliance has said. In the […]
