RLS in South Asia
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Focus on the Global South, India, Social Justice |
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in India: Urgent Need for Adaptation and Resilience Strategies
The Report discusses and draws attention to major trends in climate impacts in different parts of the country and in different socio-economic spheres, and collates possible well-round multi-dimensional Adaptation measures.
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Just Transition and Decent Work for Garment Value Chain Workers
The study examines diverse perspectives and approaches to Just Transition, span- ning from the status-quoist to transformative paradigms. It provides an analysis of the features characterising the garment value chain and the garment sector in India, spot- lighting gaps and challenges related to decent work deficits, occupational health and hazards, environmental impacts stemming from the sector, and reliance on cheap labour.
Read more … Just Transition and Decent Work for Garment Value Chain Workers
India, Social Justice |
Workers’ Rights on Demand
Gig workers in India face an uphill battle — but if they organize, they can win
India, Kashtakari Panchayat, Social-Ecological Transformation |
The Story of SWaCH: India's Largest Cooperative of Waste Pickers
This short film captures the journey of India’s largest wholly-owned waste picker cooperative, follows its struggles and successes, and presents a nuanced perspective on the integration of informal waste pickers.
Read more … The Story of SWaCH: India's Largest Cooperative of Waste Pickers
India, Kashtakari Panchayat, Social-Ecological Transformation |
Mol (Worth)
मोल 'Mol' presents an ethnographic history of the waste picker movement in Pune, told through individual stories of empowerment, transformation and resilience.
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: Aspects of War
This book tries to answer many questions surrounding the question of war. Why we still go to war, how the natural world affects war, how can a war in one location change the way of life in a distant place, and what it means to wage war for one’s rights.
This book is the first in the second set of history books for children produced by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Flow of Rivers
This book deals with the rivers and how they shape our history.
This book is the second in the second set of history books for children produced by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The World of Tea
This book deals with the history of tea. The tale of tea contains within itself the histories of Bengal and of Assam, of the Indian subcontinent, and of the world. Let’s unlock this treasure chest, then, and see what stories we can find in the history of tea.
This book is the third in the second set of history books for children produced by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata.
India, Social Justice |
"Captain" Suresh and the Union Ship
This comic is based on a study undertaken in 2020-21 by the Centre for Labour Studies at NLSIU, Bangalore, among platform food-delivery workers in Bangalore.
India, Social Justice |
An introduction to the world of platform-based taxi work
This reader is based on a study undertaken by the Centre for Labour Studies at NLSIU, Bangalore among platform taxi drivers in Hyderabad.
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International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Social Justice, Sri Lanka |
In Plain Sight
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Can Recruitment be Fair? Possibilities and Paradoxes of Ethical Recruitment in Eastern Himalayas
Nirvan Pradhan explores recruitment zones in the Eastern Himalayas as part of migration infrastructure within the more extensive global labour regimes.
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Pawns for Profits - Analysing the Plight of Bangladeshi Female Migrant
The aim of this paper by Ahmad Ibrahim is to recount this history of female migration into KSA from Bangladesh during the 2015-2018 period as an example of collusion between profit-oriented recruiters and the state apparatus, where women were used as a pawn for opening up the more lucrative male labour migration market.
Read more … Pawns for Profits - Analysing the Plight of Bangladeshi Female Migrant
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
"United We Stand": Role of Unionisations among the Gig Labours in India
This paper by Rajat Kanti Sur searches for whether unionisation would play an influential role in ensuring safety and socio-economic security for the informal and gig workers.
Read more … "United We Stand": Role of Unionisations among the Gig Labours in India
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Literary Imagination of Climate Change and Climate Disasters
In this article, authors, Debashree Chakraborty and Shubhoranjan Dasgupta, explores the literary imaginations of climate change and its effects.
Read more … Literary Imagination of Climate Change and Climate Disasters