Sushmita Verma
Sushmita Verma is a researcher, journalist and a multi-media artist. She has been working on issues related to rights of indigenous people, climate change, violence against women, governance and more. She has been part of an ongoing assessment on the impact of Covid-19 on Adivasis and forest communities. She can be reached at [email protected] and her Twitter handle is: @sushmitav1
Articles by Sushmita Verma
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India’s community health workers undermined in struggle to reach most marginalised
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the severe challenges faced by the community health workers who provide the only available medical healthcare for indigenous communities
Posted 18 Dec 2020 in Articles -
Covid-19 deepens healthcare nightmare for India’s indigenous people
Adivasis were always vulnerable because of poor access to healthcare. But they suffered even more during the pandemic
Posted 17 Dec 2020 in Articles -
Pandemic unleashes fresh hell for India’s adivasis
The government’s neglect of livelihood support measures has pushed indigenous communities into a deeper crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Posted 16 Dec 2020 in Articles