Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN – Improve It (WNN/VOA) Pune, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: In western India, farmers like Popat Pokharkar are among the first in the country to harvest crops that are fortified with key nutrients to combat what is being called the country’s hidden hunger. Pokharkar, a fourth-generation farmer, is just getting ready to harvest this year’s pearl [...]
Akriti Gupta - WNN Improve It (WNN/GOIM) New Delhi, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: Households chores are increasingly being devalued as everything gets judged in monetary terms. Can putting a price tag on home maker’s job ensure greater equality? Thousands of years have passed, and a woman’s existence in India is still valued by the male in her [...]
Ritu Bhardwaj - WNN Improve It (WNN/PSM) Delhi, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: The great India desert of Thar, in the northwestern region on the Pakistan border, is one of the most water-stressed areas in the country. Research shows that with about 200 millimeters of average annual rainfall, one year in every five years is considered a drought [...]
Atish Patel - WNN Improve It (WNN/TLW) New Delhi, INDIA: Sushma looks as if she’s in her late forties but she’s not sure about her real age. Her name isn’t real either, just the one she goes by in New Delhi’s red light district. She is among the many women, men and children living and working [...]
Fozia Yasin – WNN Improve It (WNN/GPI) New Delhi, INDIA: Each dawn brings the same battle for Sangeeta Devi. The simple act of defecation takes tactful planning for the 30-year-old. For Devi, a local community worker, it’s a matter of life or death. Devi, like the other women of her slum, lacks a toilet in [...]
