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.
Posts Tagged ‘Migrant Rights’
Six months at PEPUS: A photo-essay
Radhika M. Chakraborty on August 17th, 2015
Interrogating stereotypes about migrant populations
Radhika M. Chakraborty on July 10th, 2015
Yesterday, DNA reported that the Health Minister of Kerala suggested that migrant workers from across the country bring new diseased to the state, and for this reason “as part of ‘Safe Kerala’ campaign, nearly 25 lakh work force from other states, staying in different labour camps, would be screened”. The Indian Express published a report […]
Posted in Health, Migrant Rights 
Tags: health camps, Kerala, livelihood, migrant labour, Migrant Rights 
1 Comment »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.
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 […]
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.
