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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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LAKSHMI: A WALK BACK TO SCHOOL
20 Dec 2017
Place: Sirupinayur village, Tamil Nadu Six-year-old Lakshmi loves reading, writing and drawing pictures. But she was forced to drop-out of school as her family, belonging to Irula Tribe, kept migrating to different places in search for work and better income options. It was never so easy for Lakshmi and her siblings to resume schooling […]
RUKMANI: OUR FUTURE DOCTOR
Place: Nelvoy village, Tamil Nadu Rukmani, now in class 8, lost her parents at a very young age. Since then, her grandparents are taking care of her. Working on daily wages, the poor financial condition makes it difficult for Rukmani’s family to afford three meals a day. Many a times she joined the fresh session […]
Agricultural Sustainability in Rajasthan: Current Challenges and Future Perspective
BY DINESH VYAS Rajasthan which is already facing agricultural crisis in view of low water availability, poor soil health, small land holdings, frequent droughts and poor post harvest managements, needs to focus more on sustainable agriculture practices when climate change related impacts will be posing more consequences to this sector in future. Crop Production and […]
Living on the edge: Children of Tea Gardens
BY DEEPAK SINGH “There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace.” Kofi Annan Background […]
Weather Station gears Uttarakhand farmers to fight climate change
BY ISHA BANERJEE Timely and predictable disasters and natural calamities were nothing new to India’s geography. But until recently the unexpected complex nature of calamities which are driven by human factors is making it less clear on what the impacts will be or where they’ll happen or to what degree. Places which were not vulnerable […]
Climate Demands Change in Homo sapiens
BY DEEPAK SINGH The eco-centric or bio-centric approach advocates justice for all life on earth, including plants, animals and humans. It does not prioritise human life. On the issues concerning equality and justice, every person matters equally. Yet we fail to recognise that other species also have a right to life akin to the right […]
Lymphatic Filariasis: So you think you know the disease well?
14 Dec 2017
BY ISHA BANERJEE Enormous deformity of body parts and recurrent high fever is what a Lymphatic Filariais or Elephatiasis patient has to go through for the rest of her life. Besides physical deformity, the disease brings in social exclusion for an individual in a society which treats the disease as ‘God’s Curse’. In rural India […]
Have we thought about Women and Climate??
13 Dec 2017
Have we thought about Women and climate?? “Women should be part of any agreement on climate change – not as an afterthought or because it’s politically correct, but because it’s the right thing to do” – Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director. By Joycia Thorat CASA Project Officer Download Special Climate Change […]
‘It is not enough to adapt to the effects of climate change’
12 Dec 2017
The time to act is now! Faith groups all over the world calls for climate action By Mattias Soderberg Manager of the ACTAlliance Advocacy Academy Download Special Climate Change newsletter: Click Here We are all part of God’s creation, and we all have a responsibility to care for it. For Christians and […]
