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Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making

December 4, 2012 - Perceptions and Policy Strategies of Women Parliamentarians The present study by Andrea Fleschenberg shows that in national and international debates about the transition process in Afghanistan women’s voices are seldom present, or taken into consideration. By Andrea Fleschenberg more»

The Journal, Volume 10, September 15, 2012

India-Pakistan The Road To Peace

- December 4, 2012 - The Centre for Policy Analysis, Heinrich Böll Foundation and Focus on the Global South organised a 3-day conference on India-Pakistan: Civil Society Review of Strategic Relations in March 2012. This is a special issue of The Journal with some papers covering the important discussions of this conference. Click here to continue reading India-Pakistan the road to peace. (50 pages, 2.20MB).  

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A Critical Analysis of Fatwas Issued on Muslim Women in India

- March 1, 2012 - In India, there have been some controversial Fatwas like the one against Taslima Nasreen, exiled Bangladeshi writer. This project covers an extensive assessment of various Fatwas against Muslim women and highlights whether these Fatwas are in congruence with the Quran. By Ms. Shazia Sheikh more»

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Bearing Witness: A Report on the Impact of Conflict on Women in Nagaland and Assam

- September 21, 2011 - The stories of women and their families who have suffered silently in the decades of conflict between insurgents and Indian security forces - and between the idea of India and those who sought political and cultural spaces outside of it – come alive in ‘Bearing Witness: A Report on the Impact of Conflict on Women in Nagaland and Assam’. Edited by Sanjoy Hazarika and Preeti Gill more»

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Emerging Trends in Indian Politics The 15th General Election.

- This volume is the outcome of a study organised jointly by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (HBS) India and the Centre for Public Affairs (CPA) before the 15th general elections to the Lok Sabha. The project attempted to gauge the emerging political trends that may influence the politics of the country. Ajay K. Mehra more»

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Feminist Positions and Perspectives on Peace and Security Policy

- June 29, 2010 - The strategies of international security policy have significantly changed since the end of the Cold War, as have the challenges posed by international terrorism and the increase of global inequality. In this publication the Gunda Werner Institute in the Heinrich Böll Foundation presents a detailed position paper to contribute to the international debate on peace and security policy. more»

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Women in Electoral Politics

- Although women from almost 50% of the country’s population, their representation in the Parliament and State Legislatures has been depressingly low even after sixty years of Independence. So is the case with Maharashtra, one of the states in the forefront of Indian politics since the days of freedom struggle. The aim of the project is to study the status of political participation of women in Maharashtra and ascertain the reasons for the inability of the State’s women to enter the legislative Assembly in more numbers than at present. The inquiry also proposes to look into the present status of the All Women parties that were launched earlier. The study also touches on the socio-economic background of some of the women who could make it to the Assembly in the past and what criteria are followed by the political parties in selecting their women candidates. more»

Gender & Trade

Publication Ecofair Trade Dialogue

Food Security, Human Rights and the India-EU FTA agreement

December 21, 2011 - The European Union (EU) and the Government of India are currently negotiating a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that aims to liberalise 'substantially all trade' between the two trading blocks. This study assesses the possible impact of an FTA between India and the EU on the Human Right to Food in India. more»

Briefing Papers

Free Trade Agreements and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Series

- September 29, 2011 - This series is the output of a project on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India, a joint initiative by Traidcraft Exchange, Third World Network and Shramik Bharti. The project is developed in collaboration with and is supported by the Commonwealth Foundation, Network for Social Change, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. The series is published for information dissemination and capacity building on issues related to the specific provisions in and likely impacts of FTAs on the MSME entrepreneurs and workers in India.

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Economic Liberalisation and Gender Dynamics in Traditional Small-Scale Fisheries: Reflections on the proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement

- November 9, 2010 -

New Report from Heinrich Boll Foundation in collaboration with Focus on the Global South and Intercultural Resources. Based on field work in the southern Indian state of Kerala, this paper explores the dynamics within traditional small scale fisheries in the context of the controversial negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India. 

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Research Studies

The EU-India FTA and its possible Impact on Women in Agriculture, Service Sector and Women’s Health.

- In a context where it has become increasingly clear that trade policy is not ‘gender-neutral’, the following four research papers take a detailed look the nature and extent of the linkages. The ‘Trade and Gender’ series of publications analyzes and debates the possible gender impact of the currently negotiated EU-India Free Trade agreement on agriculture, services and health. more»

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In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India

- February 11, 2010 - In search of economic alternatives: Voices from India" is a new publication from WIDE and Hbf. It is an edited collection of short essays by Indian authors on economic structures, relations and principles that are needed to serve the goals of sustainable economic and human development, poverty eradication, social justice, and empowerment of the most vulnerable segments of society: women, Taken together, the 12 essays form an agenda of alternative thinking, linking gender with other social, livelihood, and democratic concerns. more»

Climate Change and Energy

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Climate Change and Indian Agriculture: Implications & way Forward

July 20, 2012 -

The current study is a small beginning for Action Aid India to understand the climate and agriculture from the perspective of small and marginal farmers. The study was conducted in three drought-prone regions of India-Anantapur of Andhra Pradesh, Balangir of Odisha and Bundelkhand regions of Uttar Pradesh.

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Toolkit

A Toolkit for Participatory Village Energy Planning.

- July 20, 2012 - Number of the organizations have been involved in community based energy initiatives in India. The basic characteristic of most of these initiatives is establishment of a community managed revenue model. The present toolkit on draws lesion from the practical experiences on community based renewable energy project. more»
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