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Sarita Santoshini

Sarita Santoshini is an independent journalist based in India, reporting on gender, social justice, and global health and development for publications such as Al Jazeera English, Foreign Policy, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Fuller Project, among others. She has received fellowships from the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and the International Reporting Project (IRP) to report from East Africa and was a finalist of the 2019 Young Journalist Award by the UK Foreign Press Association and the Thomson Foundation.

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How Swaniti Helps Indian MPs Serve Constituents

How Swaniti Helps Indian MPs Serve Constituents

In India, an elected member of Parliament (MP) represents, on average, 2.5 million citizens. This is by far the largest political representation ratio in the world, more than three times that of the United States’

Citizenship & Rights
Asian Workers Act to Hold Brands Accountable for Working Conditions

Asian Workers Act to Hold Brands Accountable for Working Conditions

For several days in June 2020, in the midst of a raging pandemic, hundreds of women walked long distances from their homes to protest the sudden shutdown of a factory unit in Bangalore in southern

Governance
Foundations and NGOs Step in as India Struggles with Vaccines

Foundations and NGOs Step in as India Struggles with Vaccines

India began the “world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive” in January in a climate of misinformation and hesitancy. Across the country, Accredited Social Health Workers (ASHAs) have been on the frontline, going door-to-door, urging eligible rural

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