Project Name: Bell Bajao Initiated by: Breakthrough Bell Bajao is an online campaign programme initiated by Breakthrough, a non-profit organization, in August 2008 that urges local residents to take a stand against physical violence. Breakthrough is an India and U.S.-based international human rights organization that mainstreams discussions about violence against women and girls, and its relationship to HIV/AIDS, by…
Project Name: ICTs Help Battered Dowry Victims Rebuilt their Lives Initiated by: Nari Raksha Samiti Nari Raksha Samiti (NRS), an Indian social welfare organization devoted to improving the lives of poor and destitute women. Founded 50 years ago, the organization specifically helps women who have been victims of dowry and end up losing even shelter of themselves. Knowing the…
Project Name: Bhoomi Initiated by: Karnataka State Govt. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) movement in rural villages of Rajasthan inspired the Karnataka State Government to launch a project called Bhoomi in mid-1999, which aimed to digitise land and revenue records. The Department of Revenue in Karnataka State has digitized 20 million rural land records of 6.7 million landowners…
Project Name: Jankari Initiated by: Govt. of Bihar JAANKARI is a unique initiative by the Government of Bihar to expand the base of right to information (RTI) access by citizens. The centre has been innovatively and effectively employed in making RTI Act ore broad based and accessible to the common man by bridging the literacy and digital…
Project Name: Rampant Corruption Initiated by: MKSS (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan) The first “right to information” movement started in India as a social resistance movement in order to bring transparency in village accounts for minimum wages in rural India. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) in rural villages of Rajasthan in the early 1990s started as…