Vegetable vendor Salma fights for the rights of the city's street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers and hawkers.
Ela Bhatt, a longtime advocate for women in India, told students graduating from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) today that poverty is “a form of violence perpetuated with the consent of the society” that cannot be eradicated without empowerment.
The Ludhiana Street Vendors’ Federation was set up during a national convention of street vendors from different parts of the country at Punjabi Bhawan yesterday.
On a day the traders of Sarojini Nagar market reopened their shops, angry street vendors held a rally against the Delhi government and the New Delhi Municipal Council.
The indefinite strike by traders at the Sarojini Nagar market has finally been called off following their meeting on Monday with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and New Delhi Municipal Council chairperson Archna Arora.
Hopes of an end to the standoff over allocation of hawking sites in the Sarojini Nagar market faded on Monday even as shopkeepers called off their four-day-old strike after a meeting with chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
Three prestigious international honours will be bestowed upon big ben from Gujarat, Ela Bhatt, founder-director of Self Employed Women's Association (Sewa), who helped turn around lives of million-odd women through her co-operative and micro-finance initiatives.
Several shopkeepers and street vendors today staged a protest against the New Delhi Municipal Corporation(NDMC)'s decision to allow 129 street vendors to set shop in Sarojini Nagar market here.
Ela Bhatt, a longtime advocate for women in India, told students graduating from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) today that poverty is “a form of violence perpetuated with the consent of the society” that cannot be eradicated without empowerment.