How access to water helped Draupati turn her skills and ambition into opportunity, diversify her farming, and build a more secure livelihood for her family.
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It is a small enterprise, still finding its feet. But its beginnings are firmly local, shaped by what the women know, what the farmers need and what the village already has.
Two mothers in drought-hit Marathwada built a papad enterprise with WOTR and Standard Chartered Bank, paying school fees for their children.
सिलाई उद्यमी से VDC अध्यक्ष तक, मनबसिया सिंह अपने छत्तीसगढ़ के गाँव को बेहतर भविष्य की ओर अग्रसर कर रही हैं।
How climate change affects women farmers in India, and the solutions they are building for a more resilient future.
Sindhu’s 15-year journey reveals how widow property rights remain unclaimed without awareness, community support, and institutional guidance in rural India.
The women of Bhendikanhar in Gadchiroli made a collective decision to improve the condition of the Kurma ghar (small huts where women stay during their menstrual cycles) in their village
Mahila Sansadhan Kendra empowers women farmers in Maharashtra by strengthening participation, leadership, and decision-making within Farmer Producer Companies and agriculture.
Thirteen years of WOTR initiatives in Odisha centering women’s leadership, linking it with water security, health, livelihoods, and sustainable rural development transformation.
Discover how Pashu Sakhi members transform rural India through doorstep livestock care, stronger livelihoods, healthier animals, and resilient farming communities.
How access to water helped Draupati turn her skills and ambition into opportunity, diversify her farming, and build a more secure livelihood for her family.
It is a small enterprise, still finding its feet. But its beginnings are firmly local, shaped by what the women know, what the farmers need and what the village already has.
Two mothers in drought-hit Marathwada built a papad enterprise with WOTR and Standard Chartered Bank, paying school fees for their children.
सिलाई उद्यमी से VDC अध्यक्ष तक, मनबसिया सिंह अपने छत्तीसगढ़ के गाँव को बेहतर भविष्य की ओर अग्रसर कर रही हैं।
How climate change affects women farmers in India, and the solutions they are building for a more resilient future.
Sindhu’s 15-year journey reveals how widow property rights remain unclaimed without awareness, community support, and institutional guidance in rural India.
The women of Bhendikanhar in Gadchiroli made a collective decision to improve the condition of the Kurma ghar (small huts where women stay during their menstrual cycles) in their village
Mahila Sansadhan Kendra empowers women farmers in Maharashtra by strengthening participation, leadership, and decision-making within Farmer Producer Companies and agriculture.
Thirteen years of WOTR initiatives in Odisha centering women’s leadership, linking it with water security, health, livelihoods, and sustainable rural development transformation.
Discover how Pashu Sakhi members transform rural India through doorstep livestock care, stronger livelihoods, healthier animals, and resilient farming communities.
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