“A standing example”: Tribal women’s role in India’s cultural heritage

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Traditional healer Janakiamma who helped to mobilize educated Kurumba women: UN Equator Prize for Nilgiri tribal collective providing value-added products | Full story: Mongabay Eco Hope series >>

“Tribal communities are a standing example of how women play a major role in preservation of eco historic cultural heritage in India.” – Mari Marcel Thekaekara (writer and Co-Founder of ACCORD-Nilgiris) | Learn more >>

“If women are empowered, there is more development in society”
– Droupadi Murmu | More speeches by the President of India >>

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Image © Satwik Gade in “From the diary of an Adivasi woman: In India, how top-down development excludes its biggest stakeholders” by Naomi Hembrom (FirstPost.com)
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