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Khanjan Mehta

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Gender (In)equity

Frame Changers #231: Capacity Building Too!

August 17, 2015 krm716

FC #231: Capacity Building Too!

Gender (In)equity

Frame Changers #166: Postmodern Gender Roles

April 27, 2015 krm716

FC #166: Gender Roles, Redreamt[Someday, oh, someday! This one is for my statistically significant other, Toral Zaveri. Happy Birthday! Wishing you good health, lots of love, and blissful utopian dreams.]

Gender (In)equity, Human Nature

Frame Changers #56: Picky Picky Drivers

November 17, 2014 krm716

FC #56: Work Life Balance[Piki-Piki = motorbike taxi. Indian and Chinese motorbikes have transformed life in East Africa while providing self-employment opportunities to tens of thousands of young men. Its troubling when a 23-year old refuses to work in the late evening when everyone needs a ride home. Some men make just enough money for the day and go drinking with friends.]

Gender (In)equity, Human Nature, This is Africa

Frame Changers #54: Emancipation from Participation

November 13, 2014 krm716

FC #54: Participatory Workshops

Gender (In)equity, Self Determination

Frame Changers #50: Tied Up (With Work)

November 7, 2014 krm716

FC #50: Shades of Pay[In rural Africa, women do most of the work. Their income streams are highly diversified since farming is rain-fed and therefore seasonal. It is not uncommon for women to have over ten concurrent jobs in a week and more than fifty revenue sources over a year. Atleast, they don’t have fifty W2 and 1099 equivalents to file, since the work is mostly informal.]

East-West Disconnect, Gender (In)equity, Self Determination

Frame Changers #47: Sweat Inequity

November 4, 2014 krm716

FC #47: Sweat Inequity[NGO = Non-Governmental Organization = Non-Profit]

DIY Development, Gender (In)equity, This is Africa

Frame Changers #43: Water, Bottled

October 29, 2014 krm716

FC #43: Bottled Water[Bottled water is a rapidly growing multi-billion industry in Africa. Ofcourse, women now have to walk long distances to fetch 20 liter ( = 20 kg) jars of water.]

Africa Leapfrogging, Gender (In)equity, This is Africa

Frame Changers #41: Gender Bender

October 27, 2014 krm716

FC #41: Gender Bender[Lack of access to feminine hygiene products is a major reason why girls drop out of secondary school. Will the stigma around menstrual health be reduced if men start repurposing sanitary napkins to solve their own problems?]

DIY Development, Environmental Sustainability, Gender (In)equity, This is Africa

Frame Changers #31: Poverty Begins at Home

October 13, 2014 krm716

FC #31: US Poverty [Over 15% of Americans live in poverty. Racial and ethnic minorities, women, children, and families headed by single women are particularly vulnerable to poverty.]

Gender (In)equity, Globalization, Human Nature

Frame Changers #17: Who’s the Loser?

September 23, 2014 krm716

FC #17: Women on Treadle Pumps[Treadle pumps (for irrigation) have been wildly successful in many countries. Some cultures have rejected them because the sway of women’s hips is considered provocative.]

Environmental Sustainability, Gender (In)equity, Human Nature, This is Africa

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