An ASHA worker distributing medicines
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Foot soldiers of the war against the pandemic, the women workforce have been toiling hard to ensure the safety and health of people under their care
On March 27, 2020, when the country was in lockdown, Saira Beegum went into labour. Subhakumari S, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker from Chavara in Kollam, stepped in to make arrangements for a safe delivery. As Shahina Bilal turns one, Subha is as excited as her parents, Bilal and Saira, migrant labourers (called ‘guest labourers’ in Kerala) from Assam. With 486 houses under her purview Subha had her work cut out during the pandemic.
Lending a hand to step back from the brink
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Amrutham Gamaya to to bring down alarming suicide rate in Kollam
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Amrutham Gamaya to to bring down alarming suicide rate in Kollam
With Kollam recording the topmost suicide rate in India, the district panchayat is all set to launch Amrutham Gamaya, an emotional immunisation programme to identify vulnerable persons and provide them psychological support and continued individual attention. A first-of-its kind initiative by a local body, the project is expected to bring down the suicide rate in the district that is currently four times higher than the national average.
This correspondent visited a section of households along with a few ASHA workers to get a first-hand experience of how people were reacting to the survey. Contrary to expectations, many people are not looking forward to getting vaccinated and some are downright refusing it.
Eight years on, India’s law to prevent workplace sexual harassment is marred by poor data collection
While many women in formal employment can take advantage of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, many who work in informal jobs have no such access. Representational image. | PTI
Almost 24 years after India got its first guidelines to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace and eight years after the government enacted a law for it, there are few publicly available data on how efficient these mechanisms are, an
IndiaSpend review found
In fact,
the government maintains no centralised data relating to cases of harassment of women at workplaces, the Parliament was
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