A visual snapshot of PEPUS (Paryavaran Evam Prodyogiki Utthan Samiti) and their interventions in the last six months. This photo-narrative presents an insight into the communities PEPUS works with, and the day-to-day interventions such organisations undertake.
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Six months at PEPUS: A photo-essay
Radhika M. Chakraborty on August 17th, 2015
Unpacking the black box of skilling
Radhika M. Chakraborty on August 13th, 2015
Skill development in India has become a key focus area for the new government. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was created in 2014, and in July the Prime Minister launched the Skill India mission, which is targeting 40 crore workers by 2022. However the massive drive to expand vocational training has come into criticism from […]
Migrant labourers rescued in Telangana: A case for source-destination linkages
Radhika M. Chakraborty on July 9th, 2015
Coordinated efforts on the part of SHRAM Partners Yugantar and DSS, and Human Rights Law Network and the Labour Department of Telangana resulted in speedy action towards the rescue of seventeen migrant labourers. Source-destination linkages and coordination played a vital role in enabling this effort.
Legal clinics, BOCW linkages, and mobile kiosks: SSK’s recent interventions
Radhika M. Chakraborty on June 22nd, 2015
During the month of May, SSK organized Legal Clinic Day, facilitated the linking of workers to their entitlements under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act, and set up two mobile kiosks at fairs and market places to share details about facilities and schemes available for migrant workers.
Facilitating migrant workers’ access to healthcare: Sampark
Radhika M. Chakraborty on June 17th, 2015
Sampark is working to improve living standards by increasing livelihood opportunities for migrant construction workers in Bangalore. Sampark is presently working in 26 labour colonies in Bangalore, and aims to reach out to 5000 construction workers over a period of three years.
DSS celebrates World Environment Day: A photo essay
Radhika M. Chakraborty on June 10th, 2015
Darbar Sahitya Sansad (DSS) celebrated World Environment Day on the 5th of June. To mark the occasion, volunteers undertook awareness campaigns, and planted trees. We present a series of photographs of the DSS migration support team in action.
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Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 29th, 2015
Pooja* was just seventeen years old, and had been employed as a domestic worker in a household in Kolkata from a very young age. Pooja’s father was a migrant labourer who had been working in Kolkata for many years. However due to a severe illness, he returned to Odisha, leaved his daughter in Kolkata to […]
Lack of accountability and lost lives: PARDA Case Study
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 25th, 2015
Asha* (18) left her village in Odisha to work at a brick kiln in Telengana in 2014. She secured this work through an agent, and she and her father Vishal* had been working at the same destination since December 2014. In between, Vishal returned to his village to obtaining a BPL card, while his daughter […]
Gram-Utthan celebrates International Labour Day
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 19th, 2015
Labour Day Celebrations were jointly organised by SSSK, Gram-Utthan and the Kanika Nirman Sramik Sangha at Charapada.
PARDA celebrates International Labour Day
Radhika M. Chakraborty on May 18th, 2015
May Day was observed by PARDA in collaboration with legal service authorities of the government, at Nuapada on 1st May. The celebration was an occasion to highlight key issues faced by migrants, such as the disconnect between government schemes and beneficiaries, the scope of labour laws, and how legal grievances can best be addressed.
