BOOKS
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- Issues at Stake: theory and practice in the contemporary women’s movement in India - Nandita Gandhi and Nandita Shah This book is recommended reading for undergraduate sociology students. It captures the early phase of the Indian Women’s Movement from 1980s to cover a decade. It was published by Kali but is now out of print. A copy of the original is available with us.
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- Contingent Workers - Nandita Gandhi and Nandita Shah The book explores how women workers in Mumbai were affected by the new economic changes introduced during the liberalisation process in 1991.
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- When the Rolling Pins Hit the Streets - Nandita Gandhi It traces the nature of women`s political participation and militancy in the anti price war movement and relates it to their everyday experiences within the context of the broader political scene in India in the 1970s.
BOOKLETS
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- To download this booklet please go to Download Section below.
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- To download this comic strip please go to Download Section below.
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- To download this comic strip please go to Download Section below.
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- To download this comic strip please go to Download Section below.
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- INFORMATION IS POWERFUL: It Can Change Your Life From using a mobile to using it cleverly. This comic strip shows the courage of a young woman who makes use of her mobile to access useful information to change her life.
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- The Quota Question (English and Marathi) A booklet illustrating arguments on 30% reservations of seats of women in local elections. - ही पुस्तिका महाराष्ट्रातील महानगर पालिकेतील ३०% महिला आरक्षणांच्या प्रश्नान बद्दल दृष्टांत टाकते.
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- Shadow Workers (English and Marathi} - Nandita Gandhi and Nandita Shah A booklet focusing on home-based women workers in Mumbai. It is designed for voluntary organizations and activists concerned with workers’ and women’s issues. - ही पुस्तिका मुंबईतील घरगुती व्यवसाय करणाऱ्या महिलांवर प्रकाश टाकते/ आधारीत आहे . ह्याची रचना स्त्री व कामगारांच्या प्रश्नांशी संबंधित असलेल्या स्वयंसेवी संस्था तसेच कार्यकर्ता यांस करिता आहे.
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- Not Just a Matter of Faith - Swatija Chayanika A set of essays on communalism, religion, and women in India.
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- The Law on Trial - Geetanjali Gangoli A booklet about Uniform Civil Code/Personal Laws debate from variety of political positions, with specific emphasis on women’s experience of law.
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- What is Patriarchy? Purush Pradhante che Gaudbangal (Marathi) Kamla Bhasin
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- Shades of Courage (English and Marathi) Special Cell for Women and Children, TISS, Mumbai A debate material for people who are concerned with violence against women. Also, provides empirical evidence from Police Records. - स्त्रियांवर होणाऱ्या अत्याचारा संबंधित असलेल्या लोकानसाठी वादविवाद साहित्य. ही पुस्तिका पोलीस दस्ताऐवज प्रायोगिक पुरावे पुरवते.
MANUALS
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- Walking for Women's Safety (in Marathi)
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- Walking for Women's Safety (in English)
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- Services for Violence Against Women
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- This Manual has only 6 pages of the total 40. For seeing and acquiring the entire Manual please write to us for cost and postage.For downloading, please go to the download section below.
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- Mee Mazech (Marathi) A manual for women survivors of violence
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- Organising Information: A practical Guide A user guide for a women’s library, general resource centre, or individuals to organise their collections of information
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- Games Men can Play A Manual for organizing a Yuvak Mela for young men and boys on masculinity and gender equality
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- Laingik Ched Chadila Mhana: Nahl (Marathi) Translated from Jagori’s Booklet A pocket-sized book which gives tips on sexual harassment, what it is and the Dos and Don’ts.
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- Maa Beti Melawa (Marathi) How to organise a Mela for young women, girls and their mothers
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- Yuvati Mela (English and Hindi) A manual for organising gender training for young women and girls which uses common games and training materials for gender equality.
REPORTS AND PAPERS
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- Akshara Transport Report
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- And Some Dare to Dream Stories of young, disadvantaged women who had enrolled in Akshara’s Empowering reams Program.
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- The New Backlash in Challenging Patriarchy Report on the Session held during the Global Symposium, New Delhi, 2014. Four speakers from around the world give their views
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- 15th Year Annual Report 1995 to 2010 Akshara Team
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- Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom - Nandita Gandhi Creating Alternative Classification Systems
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- Inter Movement Dialogues: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges Nandita Gandhi and Nandita Shah
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- Quilting the Net - Nandita Gandhi An experiment with online learning methodology
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- An Interactive Space for Feminism - Nandita Gandhi and Nandita Shah A Report on the Feminist Dialogues held during the World Social Forums.
VIDEOS
WEBINARS
PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS
TALKING OF GENDER EQUALITY AND MASCULINITY
MAKING MUMBAI SAFE FOR WOMEN
BEING CHANGEMAKERS
DOWNLOAD SOME OF OUR RESOURCES HERE
Walking for Women’s Safety (in Marathi)
Directory of Maharashtra
Akshara transport report
Big Small Steps
Girls Map Change
It’s Ok To Bleed
Chasing A Dream
Everyday Heroes
INFORMATION IS POWERFUL
Gender Bender Games
Responding to the new Backlash in Challenging Patriarchy
And Some Dare to Dream
Can We Make Our Cities Safer for Women?
Knowledge In Your Hands
Organising Information
Comprehensive Action Plan to make Mumbai safer for Women
Quilting the Net
Inter Movement Dialogues: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
The Quota Question
An Interactive Space for Feminisms
The Law on Trial