Helping Vulnerable Children In Urban Delhi

A helpline for Indian migrant workers returning home during the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into an 'embassy for migrants', offering support for low-income workers facing unsafe or unfair working conditions. Ritu Bharadwaj says the model has the potential to expand...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a social protection programme in India that provides a safety net by offering 100 days of wage employment to every rural household, with 50 additional days in the case of severe drought.

People migrating to escape slow onset climate disasters like drought are two and a half times more likely to experience trafficking or modern slavery than those people fleeing rapid onset disasters like floods or cyclones, according to new research conducted in two...

Climate change is increasing in frequency and intensity adding pressure to an already stressed system, placing the most vulnerable countries and communities at even greater risk of harm.

Ritu Bharadwaj and Daljeet Kaur discuss how women leaders in India are showing the way for enhancing access to social protection and delivering climate resilience at scale.

On 22 July, 2022, Mr. Alok Sharma, MP, the Government of UK, and President, COP 26, and his team met and held a discussion on scaling climate efforts in the country with Mr. Anand Kumar Bolimera, Honorary Director - PHIA Foundation; Dr Archana Shukla Mukherjee, Senior...

24 girls were airlifted and rescued from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Jharkhand on 15th Dec 2020. They approached the State Migrant Control Room under Department of Labour, Employment and Training, Government of Jharkhand to come back to Jharkhand. The girls from West...

Once the Control Room was set up by the Jharkhand government hundreds of calls started coming in each day in search of some form of relief. Surendra Yadav a native of Kubri village in Giridih District of Jharkhand was among the many people who had reached out to the...