Canecutter women at the Beed parishad Dr. Neelam Gorhe, MLC & Deputy Chair of MH Legislative Assembly, addressing the parishad. Poster An identity card for women cane cutters in Kathoda village, Beed district. Manisha Tokle from Beed, one of the main organisers, along with taluka karykartas Previous Next Almost 600 […]
FR Case Studies Compendium
Here is MAKAAM’s compendium of case studies on forest rights written by our front line teams across districts in 6 states, with the support of Bastion and PowerUp! Here are the Hindi and English versions of the compendium.
Women’s Voices from Farms – case studies booklet
A while back, we put out a call for case studies/ stories of resilient women farmers/collectives across the country, who were dealing with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown in innovative and sustainable ways. The objective of this call was to collect stories of women engaged in agriculture, […]
COVID-19 Resources
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown enforced across the country has had far-reaching consequences on women farmers. On this page, we are putting together a list of reports, documents, videos, and any other resources as a network, which will be periodically updated. Resources on COVID-19: 1. Online […]
MAKAAM Newsletter
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MAKAAM’s Recommendations on 10k FPOs Scheme
MAKAAM’s FPOs subgroup analysed the operational guidelines of the 10K FPO scheme and put forward recommendations for a Gender Strategy/ policy for the FPOs in India which can be integrated into the next version of the policy guidelines. Click below to access a copy of our recommendations to the government:
World Environment Day 2022
World Environment Day – June 5, 2022 As you probably know, June 5th is World Environment Day. And starting from June 5th, MAKAAM is launching a nationwide campaign to highlight the issues and challenges faced by women farmers, in terms of climate change and its impact. Lately, World Environment Day […]
National Consultation in New Delhi, 2020
Hosted by MAKAAM and UN Women, this consultation took place on 27th and 28th January at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. It was attended by over 70 participants, including members of national and international press. As a part of the consultation, delegations of women farmers and activists met officials from […]
Survey by MAKAAM Maharashtra, 2019:
In September-October 2018 MAKAAM Maharashtra conducted a survey on the situation of 505 women farmers from farm suicide affected households of 11 districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. Officially 14 districts of the state are considered as farm suicide affected districts. The survey focused on the implementation of […]
UNDP-MAKAAM Maharashtra Consultation in Wardha, 2019
Click here to access report