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Because the Personal is Political - A Documentation of the Work of the Special Cell for Women and Children 1984-1994

The documentation demonstrates the challenges waiting for the professional academic institutions to reach out beyond their walls to identify emerging issues and to develop new models of practice or st...

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Shades of Courage – Women & Indian Penal Code Section 498 A

This booklet is aimed at women's groups, activists, students, lawyers, police and all those who are concerned with the debate on violence against women. It provides empirical evidence gathered from po...

On 24 Feb 2016

Next Steps.... Taking the Special Cell Process Ahead

This publication spells out how the vision of Special Cell may be taken forward. What began as an experiment in Bombay fanned out across Maharashtra to Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, and now takes root...

On 14 Feb 2016

Special Cell for Women and Children: The Spirit and Strategies to Meet the Challenges

The aim of the present endeavour is to highlight these commonalities in the nature of the work and individual functioning and thereby adhere to the team spirit and democratic principles of the Special...

On 14 Feb 2016

Follow-Up Study Report On Cases Worked On By Koshish Chembur Beggars’ Home, Mumbai (Male And Female Section) January – December 2012

There have been very serious linkages between destitution and beggary; both with helpless people getting into beggary as well as state punishing working poor on charges of beggary under legislations l...

On 18 Jan 2016

Between two Worlds: Migrants caught at Social, Cultural and Political crossroads in India

A Panel Discussion which forms a part of a nine-day program of certificate course in 'Labour Protection and Migration Services', a collaborative effort of Aajeevika Bureau and Tata Institute of Social...

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The State and Civil Society in Disaster Response An Analysis of the Tamil Nadu Experience

The primary objective of this report is to bring together the experiences and learnings of a range of actors affected by, and involved in the disaster response in order to identify factors that have i...

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An Evaluation Study of NSS in India 2008-09

This paper is an evaluation study of NSS in India wherein a study is conducted to learn Volunteer strength in Andhra Pradesh from 1969-1994; Year wise Targets and Achievements of Chandigarh Regional C...

On 31 May 2009

Performance and Development Effectiveness of the Sardar Sarovar Project

The study was undertaken with the objective to review and analyse the costs and benefits of the Sardar Sarovar Dam at this stage, when efforts are being made to complete the last leg of the dam, rai...

On 26 May 2009