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Today as we celebrate International Day of Action for Women’s Health and Menstrual Hygiene Day, we are humbly reminded that for millions of women in rural India, access to basic healthcare and menstrual health is *still* not a given, it has to be fought for, navigated, and demanded.
This is exactly the gap that Badlav Didis work in every single day.
These self-motivated women, Change Vectors, as we call them, work voluntarily within their communities to ensure that no woman is left without answers on health, rights or entitlements. They track pregnancies, coordinate with health centres, push for facilities their villages are owed.
They do not wait for the system to reach their village. They take their village to the system. Over 4,000 Change Vectors are doing this work across multiple states right now.
This video is part of our TRInitiatives series, where we spotlight the solutions TRI designs for rural India, built with communities as stakeholders, not beneficiaries.
Watch. Share. And tell us - what does meaningful change look like in the communities you work with?
Today as we celebrate International Day of Action for Women's Health and Menstrual Hygiene Day, we are humbly reminded that for millions of women in rural India, access to basic healthcare and menstrual health is *still* not a given, it has to be fought for, navigated, and demanded.
This is exactly the gap that Badlav Didis work in every single day.
These self-motivated women, Change Vectors, as we call them, work voluntarily within their communities to ensure that no woman is left without answers on health, rights or entitlements. They track pregnancies, coordinate with health centres, push for facilities their villages are owed.
They do not wait for the system to reach their village. They take their village to the system. Over 4,000 Change Vectors are doing this work across multiple states right now.
This video is part of our TRInitiatives series, where we spotlight the solutions TRI designs for rural India, built with communities as stakeholders, not beneficiaries.
Watch. Share. And tell us - what does meaningful change look like in the communities you work with?
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26/05/2026
It was an honour to host the Women and Child Development Committee of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly for their Maharashtra study tour.
The delegation, led by Kalpana Soren Ji, MLA, Gandey, included Poornima Sahu Das ji, MLA, East Singhbhum–Jamshedpur, Shashi Bhusan Mehta ji, MLA, Panki, and senior officials from the Department of Social Welfare, Jharkhand.
🤝 The visit brought together policy leaders, CSR foundations, corporate leaders and women-led enterprises for immersive field visits and structured discussions on women's economic empowerment, health and nutrition, climate resilience and innovative financing.
⭐️ A key learning was how institutions like Maharashtra Institution for Transformation ( ) are enabling states to mobilise resources and accelerate development outcomes through strategic partnerships.
We are grateful to all participants and partners for making this exchange purposeful. Through the PPIA approach, cross-learning platforms like this strengthen state capacities and deepen partnerships for equitable development in Jharkhand and beyond.
21/05/2026
The Jharkhand Rural Women Policy consultation brought together government leaders, grassroots voices, experts, and women’s collectives to shape a stronger framework for rural women’s empowerment in the state.
Convened by the Government of Jharkhand through Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society, with support from Transform Rural India, the consultation featured key voices including Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development Deepika Pandey Singh and Supriya Shrinate, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress, who reinforced the need to move from fragmented interventions to systemic, women-led transformation.
Key recommendations from the consultation included:
👉🏼 A comprehensive rural women’s policy spanning livelihoods, health, nutrition, safety, land and tribal rights, climate resilience, and digital inclusion
👉🏼 Stronger participation of women in Gram Sabhas and Panchayati Raj institutions
👉🏼 Better market access, entrepreneurship support, and stronger implementation of PESA
👉🏼 Gender-responsive budgeting, data-driven policymaking, and robust accountability mechanisms
At TRI, we were honoured to contribute to the dialogue on women’s economic empowerment, focusing on stronger livelihoods, entrepreneurship, skilling and removing barriers to women’s economic participation.
15/05/2026
Families are changing. Should development strategies change too?
As the world marks , this is also a moment to ask whether development practice is keeping pace with the changing realities of family life.
In rural India, migration, climate stress and shifting gender roles are transforming families in multiple ways. In this latest piece, our colleagues Shyamal Santra and Shampa Roy explore why stronger development outcomes depend not only on supporting individuals, but on strengthening families, communities and collective systems of care.
What do you think is the right approach to building development models that reflect these changing realities?
Click here to read the full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-families-change-development-must-too-transform-rural-india-6tiac
Photo and insight credits: Nitu Singh Md. Rayhan Siddik
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