| Sahjeevan, literally sah- together
jeevan- living, was initiated as a response to the support needs
being articulated by the rural women’s movement that was
being led by Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in the early nineties
in Kutch. The women wanted to address the numerous issues of drought,
migration, water and fodder shortage, falling productivity in
their traditional occupations of agriculture, animal husbandry
and fisheries and later the loss of resources and land to industrialization.
Therefore, Sahjeevan, from its inception developed a strong gender
perspective on natural resources. Our professionals also learnt
and developed pedagogy of learning from and respecting traditional
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