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[image: InfoChangeIndia News & Features] *What's new on www.infochangeindia.org (November 2009) * [image: November 2009 newsletter] Countdown to Copenhagen *Show them the money: Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC chief* Let's face it, says UNFCCC chief Yvo de Boer, without financial support the engagement of developing countries in climate change mitigation is inconceivable. Rich countries need to place $ 10 billion on the table to get the action plan moving. Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200911138020/Environment/Features/Show-them-the-money-Yvo-de-Boer-UNFCCC-chief.html> *Should India cut emissions?* India’s stand on climate change is that our right to ‘development’ is non-negotiable. But, considering that the path to development we have adopted is neither sustainable nor equitable, it is time we took on voluntary emission cuts for our own welfare, even as we continue pressurising the West to cut its emissions substantially, says Ashish Kothari Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200911038010/Environment/Politics-of-Biodiversity/Should-India-cut-emissions.html> Changemakers *Interpreter of dreams* Ramnika Gupta of Jharkhand is a chronicler of marginal cultures. She has scoured the country to document the wonderful diversity of tribal literature that goes back 3,000 years, told in 90 known tribal languages in India Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200911098013/Human-Rights/Changemaker/Interpreter-of-dreams.html> Public health *From ‘right to health’ to ‘right to health insurance’?* The government’s move to scale up and subsidise community health insurance schemes while doing nothing to improve healthcare service delivery is a flawed strategy. It’s like getting PDS shops to distribute mango kernels and mahua seeds as drought relief instead of foodgrains since the poor survive on these anyway, says Oommen C Kurian Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200909187950/Health/Analysis/From-%E2%80%98right-to-health%E2%80%99-to-%E2%80%98right-to-health-insurance%E2%80%99.html> *Trial by fire* In a country where 26% of participants are enrolling for clinical trials just so that they get free or quality healthcare, it is dangerous to allow contract research organisations easy access to patient databases and to offer medicos payment for recruiting patients in trials, says Sandhya Srinivasan* *Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200909177947/Health/Analysis/Trial-by-fire.html> Environment *Impossible deadline for the Forest Rights Act* December 31 is the deadline of the tribal affairs ministry for full implementation of the Forest Rights Act. How can implementation of such a complex Act be rushed through when issues involving processing of claims, recent encroachments, and the Act’s relationship with existing forest and wildlife laws have not yet been thought through? Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200911108015/Environment/Politics-of-Biodiversity/Impossible-deadline-for-the-Forest-Rights-Act.html> Technology and transformation *FOSS for the people* The Kerala government employs free and open source software. Even the BJP and CPM have announced their support of FOSS. But the Maharashtra government recently announced an MOU with Microsoft for teacher training using Microsoft programs. Wouldn’t it have been better to train the teachers in FOSS applications that are available to everyone and signify equity and democracy in society? Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200911038011/Technology/Analysis/FOSS-for-the-people.html> Urbanisation *Fighting urban fires* The urban poor do not worry about earthquakes or floods as much as they do about fires that frequently destroy their inflammable, densely-packed dwellings. In Mumbai, where half the population lives and works from slums, there is no disaster management plan, and only 1,503 fire hydrants out of 10,371 work Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/Urban-India/Cityscapes/Fighting-urban-fires.html> Stories of change *The koel’s song * Poverty and inaccessibility keep the adivasi children of six villages in Birbhum district, West Bengal, out of government schools. But they are getting an innovative and creative non-formal education at Suchana. A storybook written and illustrated by the children themselves has just been published Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200910217993/Children/Stories-of-change/The-koel%E2%80%99s-song.html> *Women's voices hit the airwaves in Pakistan’s tribal belt * Radio Khyber, started by the federal government in Pakistan in 2006 to counter militant propaganda, broadcasts the voices of women who have defied tradition and are working to demolish stereotypes in the area Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/Media/Related-Features/Women-voices-hit-the-airwaves-in-Pakistan%E2%80%99s-tribal-belt.html> Livelihoods *The ‘servant’ is also a worker *Domestic placement agencies are mushrooming everywhere. A substantial number of domestic workers are trafficked from poor states like West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand. But there is no national legislation to protect the rights and ensure the welfare of this huge army of domestic workers Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200910298006/Livelihoods/Features/The-%E2%80%98servant%E2%80%99-is-also-a-worker.html> Development *Violence in the jhoom fields *One hospital for a population of 1.86 lakh, 136 villages electrified out of a total of 552, and per capita income at Rs 39 a day. Such underdevelopment is a fertile breeding ground for ethnic strife and militancy in Assam’s North Cachar Hills district Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200909297962/Human-Rights/Features/Violence-in-the-jhoom-fields.html> Governance *Violence against violence cannot work *Since as long ago as 1969, high-level government committees have emphasised that extremist violence of the kind perpetrated by the Maoists is not just a law and order problem but has deeper socio-economic roots. Yet the response of the Indian government has invariably been to meet violence with violence, with expectedly poor results, says K S Subramanian Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/Governance/Conflict-Resolution-Governance/Violence-against-violence-cannot-work.html> *People’s movement against corruption *From Plachimada to Kasargod and Guruvayur, a wide range of people’s movements have joined hands in Kerala to battle corruption. Their definition of corruption includes the looting of natural resources, anti-people and anti-nature development policies, and the exploitation of adivasis and dalits Read more<http://infochangeindia.org/200910097977/Governance/Features/People%E2%80%99s-movement-against-corruption.html> www.infochangeindia.org is managed by the Centre for Communication and Development Studies (CCDS). CCDS is a social change resource centre that works to strengthen civil society and research and disseminate information related to social justice and sustainable development. *Contact us:* Centre for Communication and Development Studies 301, 2nd floor, Kanchan junga Bldg, Kanchan Lane, Off Law College Road, Pune 411 004, India Tel: 91-20-2685 2845/254 57371 E-mail: [email protected] CC to [email protected] Goa, Goa, Gone <http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html> CCDS’s documentary on the impact of mining in Goa won the Delhi Chief Minister’s Award for Best Environment Conservation film. *Watch this documentary by Kurush Canteenwalla here *<http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html> *Bhopal Survivors Movement* Twenty-five years after the world’s most devastating industrial disaster in Bhopal in 1984, Infochange chronicles in five parts the history of this remarkable people’s movement, led largely by illiterate women. The series documents how poor and ignorant people learnt everyday forms of resilience in the face of oppression and how that resilience evolved into resistance and political protest The rise of a people’s movement<http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Bhopal-Survivors-Movement/The-rise-of-a-people’s-movement.html> The demand for corporate accountability<http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Bhopal-Survivors-Movement/The-demand-for-corporate-accountability.html> Environmentalism of the poor<http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Bhopal-Survivors-Movement/Environmentalism-of-the-poor.html> ‘The fire we ignited’<http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Bhopal-Survivors-Movement/‘The-fire-we-ignited’.html> The Bhopal Movement as a school<http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Bhopal-Survivors-Movement/The-Bhopal-Movement-as-a-school.html> Support Infochangeindia <http://infochangeindia.org/Support-Us.html> *Donate online <http://infochangeindia.org/Support-Us.html>* *Write for InfoChange * We welcome reports, analyses, interviews, stories of change from the grassroots and book reviews from journalists, researchers, academics, development workers and development institutions. 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