NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 1 English
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Mayur Jeevan Kamble is an independent journalist from Satara, Maharashtra. As part of the Fellowship, he published a detailed story on how microfinance self-help groups (SHGs) failed to support Dalit women at the time of greatest need.
PUBLISHED IN The Wire ON 22 March 2021
How Maharashtra’s Microfinance Self-Help Groups Neglected Dalit Women
How Maharashtra’s Microfinance Self-Help Groups Neglected Dalit Women
Meant to help alleviate poverty by encouraging cooperatives of small savings, the groups collapsed entirely during the lockdown, leaving their members financially distressed.