Tagged Under: Economic Inclusion

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  Thought for Food, Vartanama Jan '22

  Ache – bake – cake

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall shares a sad-happy bake story and plans for a new rising in 2022

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  Disability - Advice, Insight Jan '22

  Is horizontal reservation ensuring jobs efficiently for the disabled?

  By Amrita Chanda

  Amrita Chanda elaborates on the situation of horizontal reservation for persons with disabilities in public sector employment

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

  Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools

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  Insight, Policy Matters Nov '21

  Is digitization the new bed fellow for anti-queer discrimination?

  By Brindaalakshmi K.

  The author wants to alert queer people in India against an uncritical embracing of digital inclusion

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Sep '21

  Skills, jobs and freedoms

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reflects on the learning so far from Varta’s fledgling economic inclusion mentoring forum

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  Insight Aug '21

  In the matter of queer relationships – court approval vs. social disapproval

  By Diksha Sanyal

  What is life like for Indian queer couples who win court approval of their right to cohabit? An analysis by Diksha Sanyal with inputs from Pawan Dhall

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  Vartanama Jun '21

  Mentoring the queer case for economic inclusion

  By Varta Economic Inclusion Mentoring Forum

  Varta’s economic inclusion mentoring forum for queer communities takes off

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight Jun '21

  Something unfair about job fairs

  By Sudipa Chakraborty

  Job fairs for queer aspirants in India need a rethink, says Sudipa Chakraborty

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  Coronavirus Diary, Policy Matters May '21

  Pandemic impact on a loop?

  By Pradosh Dash

  What has changed for the transgender women in Odisha since the COVID-19 pandemic led to the crippling lockdowns of 2020? Pradosh Dash spoke to S. Lipsa Rao, a transgender community...

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  Vartanama Apr '21

  Against gratitude

  By Sayan Bhattacharya

  Sayan Bhattacharya questions the normalization of inequity all around us – something we must not give up on if humanity has to continue breathing

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  Insight Apr '21

  Farewell, dear fairy!

  By Chintan Girish Modi

  Chintan Girish Modi remembers Gaurav Probir Pramanik whose actions ensured that homophobic behaviour at the leadership level in a leading Indian corporate did not go unpunished

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  Coronavirus Diary, Insight, Vartanama Mar '21

  ‘Bengal Trans* & Queer Charter of Demands’ released

  By Chand

  West Bengal’s trans* and queer communities are formulating a policy and political participation advocacy plan. Chand takes us through the first step taken recently

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  Coronavirus Diary, Happenings Mar '21

  Bengal government health insurance scheme not ready for trans inclusion?

  By Sudipa Chakraborty, Pawan Dhall, Pradosh Dash

  Transgender social worker Sudipa Chakraborty has had a harrowing time applying for Swasthya Sathi, West Bengal government’s ambitious health insurance scheme for one and all

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  Coronavirus Diary, Vartanama Feb '21

  The gender of education, inclusion and exclusion

  By Pawan Dhall, Shivalal Gautam, Sudipa Chakraborty

  Pawan Dhall has some random thoughts on education, gender bias and socio-economic exclusion – with inputs from Shivalal Gautam and Sudipa Chakraborty. Trigger alert: Suicide

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  Happenings, Insight, Policy Matters Feb '21

  Transgender rights in South Asia: Trends, crises and opportunities

  By Debjyoti Ghosh, Jia Mata, Pawan Dhall

  Excerpts from the report of a recent webinar on transgender rights in South Asia organized by Partners for Law in Development and Varta Trust

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  Vartanama Jan '21

  Childhood ‘mudir dokan’ revisited

  By Pawan Dhall

  Yester-year stores for purchasing foodstuff and monthly provisions are making a comeback in the author’s retail therapy agenda