Single, Yes But Not Alone: A tale of strength through solidarity

Abstract

Single women became an important part of the organisation’s gender lens.  This article focuses on the consistent efforts of ActionAid India and its various ally organisations towards ensuring rights, entitlements and a life of dignity for single women in diverse contexts – such as the Muslim women served Triple Talaq, the wives of farmers who committed suicide in Maharashtra, the wives of men who have disappeared in Kashmir, the landless single women in Odisha, the single fisher -women in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the women branded as “witches” in Madhya Pradesh, the homeless single women and the deserted tribal women in Andhra Pradesh etc.