Policy Dialogue for Mahila Anna Swaraj Groups
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A Policy Dialogue was held at various places in Tehri and Rudraprayag districts of Uttarakhand for the women farmers of Mahila Anna Swaraj groups of Navdanya, an NGO working for betterment of farmers and agriculture. A total of 465 members of 23 Mahila Anna Swaraj (MAS) groups that included 450 Women and 15 men participated in Policy dialogue. women’s farmers leaders meeting was Policy Dialogue on Women’s role in accomplishing Nutrition, Good Health and Wellbeing and Zero Hunger. Key speaker DS Negi appreciated the work on organic farming and biodiversity conservation by Mahila Anna Swaraj Samooh, in different villages of district Tehri and Rudraprayag. He said that they all had the responsibility to protect the food diversity that Mother Earth has made available to all. ‘’ You all had the right to make the policy regarding agricultural and rural sustainability and to generate livelihood,” he added. Navdanya trainer Darban Singh Negi and Agriculture Communicator Dinesh Chandra Semwal presided over the meetings.
SECURE Himalaya films to be launched today
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A total of eight films about the different aspects of SECURE Himalaya project, made by the youth from remote villages of high altitude regions in Uttarakhand, will be launched online (Facebook Page) as well as at the landscape level on the occasion of the International Mountain Day today. The compiled films are a product of the video-documentation conducted by the village youth from the project landscapes (Govind-Gangotri-Darma) under the four-month SECURE Himalaya Youth Video Fellowship programme in Uttarakhand. Post the launch, as part of the SECURE Himalaya Community Festival, the fellows will participate in community screening of the films while also creating a platform to engage in discussions about the key issues of the region. Simultaneously, the films will be disseminated through various social media platforms and through the multiple stakeholders linked to the project.
Friday, 11 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
