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West Bengal Floods and the Women Who Lead: SHGs Building Resilience in the Sundarbans

In the Sundarbans’ socio-economic milieu, where banks rarely reach and formal institutions falter, resilience is not built overnight or left to the government alone. The story of Shitama SHG exemplifies this: ordinary housewives who, armed with a ledger and a loudspeaker, map out lanes of hope and readiness long before a government Jeep or NDRF […]

Impact of COVID-19 on Women Self Help Groups of Odisha

1 Comment / Society, SPOTLIGHT / Omkar Mohanty , TheRise.co.in

This International Women’s Day, we look at the impact of COVID-19 Women Self-Help Groups of Odisha. While several studies have been done highlighting the role of WSHGs in providing support and sustaining livelihoods during the tough times of the pandemic, not much has been looked upon with regards to the impact on these WSHGs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic seems to have altered many facets of the lives of the WSHG members. However, a majority of them are optimistic about their activities and income returning to pre-pandemic levels in the near future.

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