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This week in #BehanVox: app based domestic work, SC's ruling on homemakers, Afghan women's protest and more...
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Apps like Snabbit and Pronto promise flexibility and higher earnings for domestic workers, but often bring constant surveillance, and unpredictable schedules. As domestic work goes digital, old inequalities are being coded into algorithms. @potdar_hitesh
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India's climate adaptation plans rely on ASHA workers. Yet, with little protection amidst the heatwave, Mumbai’s ASHAs are struggling with the load of National Census work - on top of their existing work.
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This week in #BehanVox: remembering Marjane Satrapi, flawed family planning policies, fudged Census data, tennis tantrums, and more…
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Vimla Pundeer once carried 20 litres of water up to 25 times a day on her head. Her hair broke under the weight. Then, women of Chamba collectivised, built secure alternate incomes through an FPO. This is their story of reclaiming their ‘farmer’ status.
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Who is a ‘farmer’? And where do women figure in this definition? A year-long reporting project on women in India's food production systems by @BehanBox begins this June. Stay tuned! #YearOfTheWomanFarmer
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Alu Kurumba women, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, say government hospitals sterilise them during childbirth without consent. Their population has fallen from 1,765 to 1,038 in 14 years. 🔗 @NityaPandian reports from the Nilgiris.
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1/ In 2007, Vimla Devi was hired as the first Musahar ASHA worker in her village in eastern UP. She was also the last. “No new Musahar ASHA was hired after me.”
🔗A new @BehanBox investigation by @Sarasvati_NT behanbox.com/2026/05/29/how-…
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9/ Read part 1 of our Caste x ASHA work investigation below.
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10/ And if you would like to access the cleaned, deidentified dataset from our first-of-its kind micro-survey, you can request it here: forms.gle/nLrxJexEhQNzBxhf6
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1/ NEW: In conversation with @Anjali_Maati, Punam Amol Ahire, a Dalit ASHA worker from Mumbai, speaks about never-ending care work, working through monsoons, the vast array of work in the urban metropolis, and the long fight for government recognition:
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2/ This interview is part of BehanBox’s flagship project—The ASHA Story, a living record of the lives, and aspirations of ASHA workers across the country. Interested to see how you can contribute? Write to us at contact@behanbox.com. behanbox.com/20-years-of-ash…
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