We Are One: Learnings from Community Engagement
In this session, Dr. Balsari shares key findings from the research that inspired an interdisciplinary team of graduate students from across campus to explore novel ways of knowledge dissemination. Engagement with these poor, disadvantaged, but extremely empowered women set in motion a series of projects where scientists and policy makers responded to research priorities set by the community. Hum Sab Ek (We Are One) is the rallying cry of the 3 million strong organization, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), comprising street vendors, home-based artisans, farmers, salt pan workers, ship breakers, and construction workers, amongst many others. It is also the name of the traveling exhibit that is now invited to the World Bank in DC and the ILO in Geneva.
Speaker Information
Dr. Satchit Balsari
Organizers
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