JAGORI

Domestic Workers Rights

JAGORI — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:07:34 +0000

Jagori has been working on issues of migrant women and women workers in the informal economy over the past several years. In 2002, we carried out a study to explore migration and work patterns of women in Rajasthan and Gujrat. A detailed research undertaken in 2003 focussed on the lives of first generational women migrants to Delhi. Rights and Vulnerabilities(2004) explored women’s migration from different rural areas to Delhi and their subsequent life in Delhi. A special focus of the report was the different forms of work in the informal economy, such as domestic workers, construction workers, factory workers, junk dealers, self-employed women, piece-workers and home based workers. In this study, it was found that vulnerabilities of domestic workers were located in their lack of negotiating power in all aspects of their work including wage negotiation, number of holidays, getting a cup of tea or snack or getting gifts and bonus. With insights from this study, we decided to further explore the living and working conditions of female domestic workers in the city of Delhi.

In 2008, a Jagori fellow conducted a study in Jaipur which demonstrates the informal nature of domestic work and and the vulnerabilities of the domestic workers.

The latest study, conducted in 2010, supports existing research on migration of domestic workers, processes of settling down, assistance of social networks in settling down/finding jobs and the lack of standards in their working conditions.

Domestic workers: Conditions, Rights and Responsibilities(2010)

Here are previous studies on Domestic Worker’s Rights

Rights and Dignity: Women Domestic Workers in Jaipur(2008)

A study of migrant women workers in the Informal Sector in Delhi(2004)

Migration, Trafficking, and Sites of work: Rights and Vulnerabilities(2003)

The Gender Equality Project

JAGORI — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:13:22 +0000

Under the project “Facilitating Women in Endemic Poverty Regions of India to Access, Actualize and Sustain Provisions on Women Empowerment”, managed by PRADAN and supported by the UN Fund for Gender Equality, Jagori is partnering with PRADAN and their field offices to support their work with rural and tribal women in nine districts(Balaghat, Dindori, Hazaribagh, Hoshangabad, Karanjia,Kesla, Koderma,Purulia, Raigada) in four states (Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orrisa, West Bengal). Jagori provides conceptual and strategic guidance on gender and rights perspectives on women’s livelihoods, governance, issues of ending violence against women and enhancing women’s leadership. This is undertaken through trainings, leadership camps, workshops, accompaniment, material development and advocacy.

Read the project profile here

Media support: Women’s Feature Service

Activities

JAGORI — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:26:38 +0000

JAGORI’s focus is on women from the most marginalised and oppressed groups-women from Dalit and minority communities in rural and urban areas, landless women farmers and women working in the informal sector, migrant women, women who are the targets of caste and communal violence and women facing evictions or living in resettlement colonies in Delhi.

JAGORI also works with other stakeholders, including men in communities and development organizations, policy makers and administrators, students, citizens groups, and several coalitions working on women’s rights. JAGORI’s interventions also include engagement with various duty bearers including state/institutional actors (political leaders, police, judiciary etc), individual actors (partners, family members) and civil society actors.

Perspective and capacity development on feminist principles and strategies

Organising gender trainings, workshops, study circles, campaigns and consultations with key constituents
Trainings with students and young adolescent women and men, providing them with the analytical tools and hands-on support to initiate positive action towards ending violence against women
Accompanying select organizations working with the marginalised and minority community on a long term basis

The Resource Centre

Production and distribution of educational and advocacy materials serving the information needs of women’s groups, NGOs, researchers, media, academia, schools and colleges, community women in resettlement areas, youth and other regular users
Digitising and archiving crucial materials from the women’s movement since 1984
Fellowship support to women activists

Support and referral services for women survivors of violence

Running a helpline and case support services, accompanying women to police stations to file an FIR, access protection and safe homes/shelters and access legal aid and counseling
Facilitating a process of healing and building collectives of survivors and investing into their legal and rights literacy
Sensitisation of service providers including police, relevant government agencies, media and other stakeholders
Policy advocacy on changes in the legal framework and implementation mechanisms

The Safe Cities Initiative

The Safe Cities initiative works with key partners in the government, women’s movement, national and international agencies to pilot and upscale initiatives on making cities safer and more gender inclusive. Key activities include-

Conducting research studies and safety audits to bring attention to the status of women’s safety
Development of a strategic framework and plan
Public outreach through organising and participating in various events
Consultations and trainings with service providers
Media awareness and communication materials
Awareness sessions with students, young women and men, homeless and disabled women, urban planners, civic agencies, and women’s groups
Conceptualizing research tool-kits and subsequent sharing with women’s groups across the country

Piloting new approaches and supporting women’s leadership

Supporting women’s collectives in select resettlement colonies of Delhi through action research projects, resource mapping, social and safety audits, public hearings, ‘mini-courts of women’, in an effort to bring their voices and alternative vision to policy makers and local implementers.

Read about our Action Research Projects here

Linking women leaders to social movements addressing right to food, shelter, basic services and entitlements, implementation of laws and policies on domestic violence and sexual harassment among others
Working with men and adolescent young boys in the community to re-define dominant masculinities and support ending violence against women and girls

Rani Durgavati’s army

JAGORI — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:53:35 +0000

A Women’s Self Help Group in Madhya Pradesh is spearheading change in the region, says Kulsoom Rashid

Largely tribal and extremely poor, Dindori district is perched almost on the Madhya Pradesh – Chhattisgarh border and is remote by any standards. So when a group of women located in Dindori names their federation after the famous local woman icon, Rani Durgavati, who is said to have courageously defended her kingdom of Gadha – one of the old independent Gond states – against the Mughal emperor Akbar, the symbolism is certainly striking.

POSITIONS AT JAGORI

JAGORI — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:28:17 +0000

JAGORI (www.jagori.org) is a women’s training, documentation, communication and resource centre that was established in 1984 with the aim of carrying feminist consciousness to a wider audience using creative media.

VACANCIES

Project Associate (Safe Delhi)

Project Associate (Resource Centre)

Project Associate (Violence Intervention Team)

JAGORI INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME

JAGORI has instituted an ongoing volunteer internship programme which enables young women’s rights activists and researchers to gain experience and contribute to JAGORI’s mission of advancing women’s rights.

Read about the programme here

A Handbook on Women’s Safety Audits in Low-income Urban Neighbourhoods: A Focus on Essential Services

JAGORI — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:04:05 +0000

This handbook is a comprehensive guide prepared by JAGORI, on conducting WSA’s (Women’s Safety Audits) in low income urban neighbourhoods, with a special focus on essential services. The Action Research Project on Women’s Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation in Asian Cities (2009-11) implemented in two resettlement colonies of Delhi is also the result of a partnership between JAGORI and WICI (Women in Cities International), a Canadian based organization working in Canada and internationally. In Delhi, the project is being implemented in partnership with Action India.

The handbook also serves as a wonderful example of partnering with people across continents to produce a work of knowledge and learning on globally shared concerns.

-Extract from Preface to the handbook

Click here to read the handbook

Gender Inclusive Cities Programme

JAGORI — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:22:40 +0000

The Gender Inclusive Cities Programme (GICP) is funded by the UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women. This programme was implemented by four international project partners in cities across the globe:

• International Centre and Network for Information on Crime in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Jagori in Delhi, India
• Information Centre of the Independent Women’s Forum in Petrozavodsk, Russia
• Red Mujer y Habitat de America Latina in Rosario, Argentina

The aim of the programme was to create cities that are inclusive and respect the right of all people, including women, to live, work and move around without fear or difficulty. Gender Inclusive Cities sought to identify the factors that cause and perpetuate inequalities and exclusion, as well as the policies and programme approaches that enhance women’s inclusion and “right to the city”. The first stage of this programme consisted of knowledge-generation using the methodological tools of mapping, research and review. Afterwards, WICI, in partnership with local governments and NGOs, used this knowledge to pilot interventions designed to reduce the public vulnerability and exclusion women and girls face. Pilot interventions looked at promoting women’s and girls’ access to and understanding of their rights.

Click here to read the GICP Delhi Research report

Click here to read the final report - Gender Inclusive Cities Programme

Click here to read the GICP Baseline Survey Findings from all four cities

Building Safe and Inclusive Cities for Women – A practical guide

JAGORI — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:03:32 +0000

This is a broad introduction to the process of creating safe cities for women and girls. It introduces the key concepts of safe cities and offers practical tools for how to begin building a safer, more inclusive city. The information in this guide combines knowledge from scholarly research with insights from on-the-ground work around the world, with particular focus on JAGORI’s work in India.

In the six years of work on this issue, we have learnt that it is possible to make cities safer for women and girls. We hope that this guide will be useful in your work in order to create a safer city and community.

Click here to read the handbook in English

Click here to read the handbook in Hindi

National Workshop on Safer Cities for Women: Perspectives, Methodology and Tools: A Report

JAGORI — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:46:26 +0000

A three day workshop was organised by Jagori (August 19th- 21st,2011), the aim of which was to share the tools developed and tested with select women’s movement partners in the country with the hope to catalyze new initiatives and strengthen existing ones. This platform was organized in support of UN Women (UNIFEM), UNTF to end violence against women, UN Habitat, EED and ICCO.

Click here to read the report

A Draft Strategic Framework for Women’s Safety in Delhi, 2010

JAGORI — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:40:21 +0000

The findings of the baseline survey and it’s recommendations led to the drafting of a Strategic framework that will help guide interventions to make Delhi a safer city for women, especially those from vulnerable groups.

Click here to access the Draft Strategic Framework