COMPLEX problems need time to solve. Voluntary organizations in a hurry to deliver outcomes tend to end up nowhere. Our cover story on creating livelihoods for women in districts on the Line of Control in Kashmir reveals how much persistence is required. Before providing skills and work, there are social attitudes in multiple layers that have to be addressed. SEWA went into this project with decades of experience behind them. Yet for the first three years they could make no headway in the villages of Kupwara and Ganderbal districts. Results took another seven years.
SEWA’s work in Kashmir. . .