Jigyasa Mishra, Indiaspend

Jigyasa Mishra is an independent journalist reporting on environment, public health, civil liberties, culture and gender. She illustrates, photographs, films and writes from rural north India.

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Labelled As Witches In Rajasthan, Women Face Harassment, Torture And Ostracism

Jigyasa Mishra6 April 2023 12:30 AM GMT

Rajasthan passed a law against branding women as witches, and witch hunting in 2015, which has reduced the tradition, and empowered women to file...

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The Unwanted Daughters of Rajasthan: Sex Determination And Female Foeticide

Jigyasa Mishra28 March 2023 6:58 AM GMT

A strong preference for boys means many families try to find out the sex of the child illegally, and abort the foetus if it's a girl, or many born...

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Aata-Saata: Brides For Barter In Rajasthan

Jigyasa Mishra20 March 2023 5:54 AM GMT

GenderCheck

Married At 5, Mother At 13 And Widowed By 20: The Struggle Of Child Brides In Rajasthan

Jigyasa Mishra13 March 2023 6:36 AM GMT

Land Rights

Uttarakhand: Six Months On, Tribals Displaced For Vyasi Dam Still Await Rehabilitation

Jigyasa Mishra16 Oct 2022 12:30 AM GMT

Women@Work

It Took A Pandemic To Let Rural Women Earn — But At A Cost

Jigyasa Mishra3 Oct 2022 12:30 AM GMT

Pollution

Why Mass Gatherings, Like The Kanwar Yatra, Could Cause Episodic Pollution

Jigyasa Mishra29 Aug 2022 12:30 AM GMT

Labelled As Witches In Rajasthan, Women Face Harassment, Torture And Ostracism

The Unwanted Daughters of Rajasthan: Sex Determination And Female Foeticide

Aata-Saata: Brides For Barter In Rajasthan

Married At 5, Mother At 13 And Widowed By 20: The Struggle Of Child Brides In Rajasthan

Uttarakhand: Six Months On, Tribals Displaced For Vyasi Dam Still Await Rehabilitation

It Took A Pandemic To Let Rural Women Earn — But At A Cost

Why Mass Gatherings, Like The Kanwar Yatra, Could Cause Episodic Pollution

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