by Divyashree K, Parvathy M Prasad | Apr 24, 2026 | Rural Futures / Blogs
When Power on Paper Isn’t Power in Reality: Women’s Leadership in Panchayati Raj Institutions A significant proportion of elected women representatives experience proxy participation, where male relatives influence or control decision-making in Panchayats. This...
by Divyashree K | Mar 18, 2026 | Rural Futures / Op-eds
Unpaid, Unseen, Unending: The Workdays of Rural Women A woman manually harvesting rice with a sickle. Women work almost continuously, with no clear breaks; only transitions between different kinds of paid and unpaid labour. | Image by Nanditha Gogate When people speak...
