Many women face harassment at their work. But did you know there are laws to protect you? @shobanawrites dug into laws protecting informal workers in Chennai. This explainer in Tamil will help women who work in shops, building sites, restaurants or domestic work.
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Artwork: Aa sawari Kulkarni via @feminisminindia
Image: Canva
நிறைய பெண்கள் பணியிடங்களில் பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தலுக்கு உள்ளாகிறார்கள். ஆனால், இதில் இருந்து தங்களை பாதுகாத்துக் கொள்ள சட்டங்கள் இருப்பது உங்களுக்குத் தெரியுமா? கடைகளிலோ, கட்டுமான தளங்களிலோ, உணவகங்களிலோ பணிபுரிபவரா? இந்த காணொளியை பாருங்கள். உங்கள் நண்பர்கள் மற்றும் குடும்பத்தினருடன் பகிருங்கள்.
#chennai #tamil #workplace
Mumbai, there are two days to go for Maharashtra elections. What exactly is your criteria for selecting candidates?
We get a performance appraisal every year at our profession. Why shouldn't our politicians?
Before you vote this Wednesday, November 20th, do check out this report card of all of Mumbai's MLAs, by @prajafoundation
Find out how your MLA performed and let us know in the comments.
#mumbai #mumbaielections #maharashtraelection2024
#bjp #incmumbai #shivsena #shivsenaubt
As you settle down for a long festive weekend, we wanted to take less than two mins of your time, to share more about our work.
Do watch to understand what we do at Citizen Matters and our other verticals. And if you believe in our vision, please support our work.
You can find the link in our bio, stories. Or just scan the QR code.
Happy Deepavali / Diwali everyone. Hope you have a safe and fun festival.
#diwali #mumbai #bengaluru #chennai
Good morning #bengaluru. Looks like we are finally in for a dry week. Remember that little poll we did on whether such rainfall was normal in October? Many of you said no. Some of you said yes. The answer? It's unpredictable. We have a three part series analysing 123 years of rainfall in Bengaluru. Check out this little snippet and then go find the entire series. Link in the bio/stories
If you like playing with data, follow @opencity.in and find this entire dataset and more on their website.
Also not from Bengaluru? Let us know in the comments if you want to see such analysis for your city. We'll try to make it happen.
#bengaluru #bengalururains #opendata
Every month Mumbai editor Prachi Pinglay, brings us conversations with citizens who are actively trying to make the city better.
In this conversation, civic activist Lillian Pais talks about what being a citizen really means. Lillian who is very deeply engaged with waste management issues, talks about various citizen measures to keep the city clean. What works, what doesn't and why there is no point in just seeing the BMC as an enemy. Watch the full conversation on our Youtube channel. Link in our bio/stories
#mumbai #wastemanagement #bmc
Thanks @psychologist.saranya @shobanawrites and everyone who joined our very first livestream. If you missed it l, check this out for insights on how to talk to your teenagers about underage driving.
Let us know what topics and guests you want in our future livestreams.
In 2021, the TN govt launched a campaign to reduce single use plastic and bring back the yellow cloth bags common to the state. It was called Meendum Manjappai (return to yellow bags).
Despite highly publicised campaigns by major leaders including @cmotamilnadu, the campaign has not fared so well.
@cagchennai looked into how successful the campaign has been. Check out this video where researcher @madhuvanthi_rajkumar explains how the campaign fared and what people actually need from the government.
Video by @shobanawrites
Have you ever used @ manjappai? Do you stick to cloth bags? If yes, what's helped you stick to the habit? If not, what would make you switch competely?
#Chennai
#wastemanagement #meendummanjappai
Have you heard of the circular economy? Where everything is reused and recycled and not much is wasted? Who do you think is the leading practitioner of a circular economy in our cities?
It's wastepickers, who sort, segregate and salvage recyclable material and reduce the burden on our landfills. But their work is considered illegal. Rather than being rewarded they are exploited and invisible. @therationalmeraklis brings us the story of these invisible champions from Chennai.
We need to ask the @cmotamilnadu @chennaicorp why wastepickers in Chennai continue to be in this state.
#Chennai #wastemanagement #wastepickers #kodungaiyur
Residents of Jigani, a South Bengaluru suburb woke up on Sunday morning to news of a leopard in their neighbourhood, according to the Deccan Herald.
It's easy to panic and fall for misinformation during such times. But we have you covered. Here are some handy tips on what to do if there is a leopard in your neighbourhood, from wildlfe biologist @sanjay.gubbi from @holematthi_hnf
Do share this around.
Jigani, where the leopard was spotted is next to the Bannerghatta National Park, the only urban national park in India.
Already real estate development is eating into the leopard's habitat here but now the NHAI is planning a four lane expressway through the forest
Head to our YouTube channel (link in our stories) for more on why this is happening.
#mumbai #bengaluru #bannerghattanationalpark #urbanwildlife #leopards
What should a home be? A place of refuge, comfort and privacy. Where one dreams and makes dreams come true. In the government housing in North Chennai's Vyasarpadi, there is no space to stretch one's legs, let alone spread one's wings.
Members of @vyasai_thozhargal shine a light into the dark corners of government housing built at the cost of over 6000 lakhs. This is the final video from our citizen journalism workshop by Citizen Matters in collaboration with Vyasai Thozhargal.
#vadachennai #vyasarpadi #Chennai #governmenthousing
