W4P-JAM - Minutes of meeting

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Date: 25^th March, 2020

Participants: Arun, Bhanu, Dinesh, Emery, Sanketh, Shalini

Via: Jitsi meet - slots room

Re: W4P Janastu field visit by Dinesh and Shalini through 18th - 23rd

Locations: Mirzapur - Waypoints

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/zBGLsSWcRsDvCthq7

Reference: Live meeting minutes with Medha and DA

• Started with the map and photos and brief on field visit
• Mirzapur - south of ganges, visited villages atleast a few villagers a day.
• Most people depend on MNREGA for the labour, huge number of people travel from villages to Varanasi in their bicycles
• Apart from that other aspirations of local people are to become tailor / beautician and if educated then teacher
• Drop out rates are high due to stigma / other safety related issues for young women
• Most local economy for tailors and beauticians is around the weddings.
• Apart from that other section of work is in masonry
• Most women after cooking, washing and running other errands will be busy making cow dung cakes
• Cow dung cakes beautifully stacked one over other like walls, also on walls.
  • First husk is processed
  • Dung is collected
  • both mixed and slapped on walls to let dry
• {Q} - Despite ujjwala yojana, the cow dung cakes still in vogue.
  • {A} - They might have gas but their savings matter a lot for them due to the low wages and other socio - economic reasons. so apart from making team or small time stuff, most meals and other long cocking done on the traditional chula.
• We got a enthusiastic on-field team,
  • Suresh and his team, work with kishori girls? and shg?
  • Garima Giirls - working on SDG's sanitary hygiene
  • (name?) - guy with GF photo on mobile wall paper - tech savy
  • Shayiri Girl
• Radio / pi devices drives lot of enthusiasm and motivation,
  • people initially shy, but once confident that the recording in their own privacy
  • once people started others around were motivated
  • people hesitate to write or fill forms / but are willing to record their voice
• Plan B during Lock down, Shalini spoke with Suresh
  • Time to explore remote options for his regular work, that includes going through villages to deliver content(?) related to training, awareness and so on..
  • He would like to record audio programs and share it to groups
  • Receive audio comments / requests / issues that needs be address, since women hesitate to speak with men
  • Dinesh, suggest using the "Black Sheep Box"

Questions

• What's the plan with the recorded audios? probably good idea to work out our curatorial workflow and publishing cycle with mani and all.
• How to if we need to use Black sheep box?
• If setting that up for some reason gets complicated, what are available alternatives