Where would 'womanity' have been today, if Coco Chanel hadn't released us from the tyranny of corsetry a hundred years ago? If Yves Saint Laurent, André Courrèges, Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood hadn't challenged the status quo and hadn't liberated women from under-structure?
The image of women began to shift in the 60s, from being a wife and mother to a young, single and carefree individual, proud of her sexuality and confident with her power to accomplish her individual goals. The miniskirt would express—and serve as a tool for this growing women's movement. Regardless of who really "invented" the miniskirt, both Mary Quant and André Courrèges deserve credit for revolutionising fashion with their daring hemlines. Quant's position at the heart of "Swinging London" and Courrèges' position in the more sophisticated Parisian couture world, helped the miniskirt become a major international hit.
As a designer, Courrèges made it his life mission to liberate women, acknowledging the disconnect between womenswear and daily routines of modern life. He desired to design clothes that allowed women to move freely. "In his own famous words "a woman, to drive her car must pull up her skirt, we have failed her in designing her clothes." Besides the miniskirt, Courrèges became renowned for his trousers for women and cut-out backs, all designed for a new type of athletic, confident, active woman.
All these inventions were a reaction to the spirit of their times and brought massive social changes to life- and not just for women. In liberating women, fashion demanded them to be treated equal- realising a collective psychological and behavioural change in society. This is a side of fashion that is often forgotten today, driven by ephemeral narratives and trends.
On Fashion's current state of affairs, Edward Meadham accurately noted in his manifesto "We are so bored by the un-inspired clothes we are presented with – that focus shifts to shallow ideas of political expression." We are living in a time where fashion is more and more used to justify rigid political and religious views, with conservatism slowly putting a damper on creativity, freedom of expression and beauty- manifested in sexual taboos and politicisation of the female body. Simply put, the more bleak or 'politically unstable' society becomes, the more conservative becomes the idea of dress. It is up to us, to continue this dark path or to restore fashion's integrity and power to democratise, through the freedom to create and freedom to be.
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Shannon Hopkins: 10 guidelines for faithful innovation by a social entrepreneur
Innovation isn't a good unto itself; at its core, innovation is about solving problems, says the co-founder of RootedGood. She shares the lessons she has learned as a social entrepreneur.
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By Shannon Hopkins Co-founder & lead cultivator, RootedGood
Is innovation becoming an unholy grail?
It's tempting to believe the promise of innovation: Innovate and our future will be secured. Start something new and people will flock through the doors. Like the quest to find the holy grail that will lead to everlasting life, the current hunt for innovation seeks a grail that often is anything but holy.
While the drive for innovation might lead to an increase in new programs, new plans and new products, how long is it before they are replaced by other new programs, plans and products?
How often is our constant push for the new and cutting-edge coupled with mounting expectations, competition, burnout and fatigue?
It's not that we don't need innovation. But innovation for innovation's sake is pointless -- and it can be destructive. We must ask ourselves what good innovation is and why it matters.
As someone who has worked with countless entrepreneurs, faith communities and business leaders, and currently helps congregations seeking to innovate, with tools such as our Mission Possible game and The Oikos Accelerator, I have come to recognize these important facets of the innovation process.
Ten aspects of faithful innovation
Good innovation begins with dissatisfaction. Innovation is about change. We have to long for things to be different. This longing isn't just about style or preference; it is about solving a problem. This means we have recognized that something is fundamentally broken and believe things can be different.
It is fueled by empathy. Empathy is arguably a byproduct of love, and innovation requires loving people and places. It requires proximity -- we must be close enough to care. Empathy is at the heart of good innovation, as well as good design, because it puts people at the center. We have to think first about whom we want to serve and what they want or need, not what we want to do for them.
It isn't just about great ideas. Innovators want to be the people who create the next shiny object, whether it's a program, a space or a product. But we need to be careful not to get hung up on our ideas. Innovation isn't about you and your idea or me and my idea. It should be about the impact we want to make; the idea is the strategy to achieve that impact.
It requires us to know what good is -- and what it looks like. It's not enough to know what is broken; we have to be able to clearly describe the alternative. What, specifically, is the change we want to see in people, places, policy or systems? When we get clear about that, we'll be clear about the impact we want to make.
It challenges us to think big. Innovation is not about incremental change, and it's not about just tweaking things. It's about having a big, audacious goal and believing -- truly believing -- that anything is possible. Thinking big is a David-and-Goliath mindset. It is Henry Ford aiming not for faster horses but beyond horses. It is Wilberforce aiming not for kinder slavery but beyond slavery. Far too often in the church, we think too small. We have limitations on what we imagine to be possible, and we think with our own survival in mind. But Scripture says that with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). All things are possible. Good innovation forces us to act like it!
It requires a willingness to fail. Christianity has never been for the faint of heart. True innovation involves many failed attempts. Yet these failed attempts offer priceless opportunities for learning. This is also why measurement is a critical ingredient. It creates learning loops and helps guard against mission drift. If a measurement reveals that a given innovation is not creating the desired impact, we must change our approach and try again and again and again.
It demands a commitment to excellence. Innovation is undertaken because what is is not good enough. Faithful innovation demands that we think, build and act with a commitment to doing our best and greatest work. Put another way, if our goal is doing good, let's make sure that we do good work. For far too long now, excellence has not been the hallmark of our work. Over 100 years ago, the church built the best schools and hospitals -- but now? When we need to deal with systemic racism, generational poverty, falling education rates, the church isn't the place where most people look to bring about new solutions. Why not? Let's change that!
It takes time. True innovation doesn't happen overnight or lead to immediate success. In a world that thrives on 24/7, on-demand service, we have fooled ourselves into thinking we can control the timeline. But innovation requires understanding, listening and patience. We may rush to act, but God often asks us to wait, to prepare, to watch and to listen.
It demands collaboration. Innovation isn't for lone rangers. Collaborators bring with them a diversity of ideas, skills, talent, experience and other networks. They often will see the problem -- as well as opportunities and resources -- from different angles. Resist the urge to see others as competition and to jockey for position.
It emerges from unlikely leaders. The freshest thinking often comes from the margins, not the mainstream. People who innovate often have what my friend Jonny Baker calls "the gift of not fitting in." I worry that with the increased desire for innovation, we are seeing a "cool kids club" emerging. However, this is the Achilles' heel of innovation. The more we seek to be seen and validated, the less radical, less innovative, less inclusive we become.
If we are to have faithful innovation, we will be looking for those who are humbly and diligently working for change, unseen, and will listen to their voices and elevate their leadership.
I believe we need innovation because what is is not enough. Innovation should help us do work that transforms the problems of our day and leads to the flourishing of people and communities. It should help us achieve our mission.
Let's make sure we aren't chasing an unholy grail. This is a holy endeavor that cannot wait.
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What Is 'Mum Guilt', Exactly – And Why Do We Suffer From It?
Marie Claire January 26, 2016 7:20 pm
As part of our #BREAKFREE campaign, we've dedicated this week to moving away from 'mum guilt' - but what exactly is it, asks Emma Sheppard...
Guilt is something that all mums experience. It comes with the job. Guilt about feeding them the right things, at the right time. Guilt about letting them watch too much TV. Guilt about leaving them with a babysitter if you really, really need a night out.
But with 70% of women with dependent children at work in the UK (according to the Office for National Statistics), guilt about juggling motherhood and a career (or choosing to put a career on hold and stay at home) is one of the hardest to contend with.
For Sarah Turner, author of the acclaimed blog, The Unmumsy Mum, there is no right or wrong decision to make.
'Everybody feels guilty regardless of what their decision is,' she says. 'If a mum works full time, they feel guilty because they're neglecting their children or they're not being the kind of mum they've seen in mother/baby magazines.'
'If they don't work at all, they feel guilty because they feel they'll be perceived to be lazy, or they're letting themselves down by not pursuing their career.'
'And if they work part time – like me – people think you have the best of both worlds, only sometimes it's the worst of both worlds because you're not doing either job at full capacity'
Sarah is one of the few mums who have turned motherhood into a new career altogether – with a book due to be published in February (named after the blog). 'It has been totally unexpected', she says. '"I was devastated to leave my job in finance when I had my first son, but I was really worried about the pressure to be as good as I was before. So I kind of cut and ran.'
Sarah's 500,000-strong following across Facebook and Twitter have found solace in her hilarious stories of the trials and tribulations of bringing up two boys. The network has built up into an online community of women who are 'all in this together,' she says.
'Guilt is a key theme and probably why the blog has resonated with so many mums. I get a lot of messages from people saying 'oh thank god, it's not just me, I'm not on my own. So many of the messages when somebody says "I'm not good enough, I wish I could be more like this", stem from a decision about work.'
Emily Stevens had planned on taking a full year off after having her daughter, and was looking forward to the time at home – 'it sounded like a dream!' But after eight months off, she asked her manager if she could come back early.
'I was mentally exhausted and drained from all of the daytime TV, NCT coffee mornings, lunches, play groups, baby bounce…" she says. "I was longing for adult conversation about something else (though I soon realised that even I didn't have much to say). I was getting frustrated and irritable.'
'I was heavily criticised by baby friends, my mother and my nan. Everyone said 'but you'll never get that time back, how can you leave her', 'how can you want work over time with your child'. Whatever direction I looked, guilt was there and bashing me over the head.'
'But I knew going back early would be best for my family. Back at work I felt useful, I felt appreciated. [And] it meant every second I spent with my little girl I wanted to make the most of.'
Whichever way you go, it's a difficult decision to make. Like Emily, some mums need the intellectual stimulation they get from work. For many, it's the financial benefits that drive them back to the office.
Policies differ from company to company, but typically in the UK, mums can expect the first six weeks of maternity leave to be at 90% of their usual pay, and the following 33 weeks at the statutory £139.58 per week. The last 13 weeks are unpaid.
Theoretically, after the year is up, you are entitled to return to the same job, with the same rights and conditions as before you went on maternity leave. Despite this, some mums remain concerned about being 'pushed out' or excluded if they take the full year off, and rush back early.
Charlotte Boutleux's former employer was going through a round of redundancies after she had her son. She was worried she would be first on the list, particularly as a male colleague had temporarily taken on some of her responsibilities.
'I'm sure it would have been easier to keep him rather than wait for me to come back,' she says. 'So I went back to work before the end of my maternity leave. My son Noah was seven months old.'
'We interviewed a lot of child minders to look after him before I was happy. But when we found the one, I cried because I knew that meant I could go back to work. And I didn't feel like I wanted to go back anymore.'
'Now, I don't regret it. I don't feel that Noah misses out because I work full time. But when I took him to school on his first day, one of the other mums asked if I was his aunt. She'd thought the child minder was his mum. That made me think, oh my God, I have to be here more.'
'I spend 90 minutes commuting into central London each way, every day. That means seeing less of Noah and some may see that as selfish. But I don't feel guilty anymore. If I want to be a good mum, a happy mum, I have to be a happy person.'
It's when guilt gets to unmanageable levels that mums should consider speaking to a doctor – particularly if they also feel heightened anxiety, lethargy or are feeling teary all the time. Postnatal depression (PND) affects an estimated one in 10 women and can set in up to seven months after a baby is born.
It's also a condition that sadly often goes undiagnosed, says Harley Street psychologist Paula Bendon. 'A little bit of guilt is normal, but it gets too far if it starts to take over your life.'
'Guilt is a protective thing, it's primitive and natural. Our bodies are built to nurture babies. But if you decide to go back to work, it's ok. It's a good thing; your children will be fulfilled to see Mum enjoying her job.'
Paula often sees mums struggling with guilt after making tough decisions about work. Her advice? Take a step back.
'Recognise that you're beating yourself up, that you've giving yourself a hard time. How would you react if your best friend was talking like this, what kind of things would you say to them?'
'You're in a fragile state once you've had a baby. It's can be hard to seek help. But PND can be short lived if someone does that at the right time.'
Helen Daniel had a particularly difficult birth and was diagnosed with PND and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after son Ben was born in 2013. She had planned to be off with him for a little while before going back to work as a teacher. But for the first six months, she was desperate to escape.
'I just didn't think I'd be able to do it. My brain was addled,' she says. 'I could never have imagined the strength of a mother's guilt until I experienced it. It can literally overwhelm you… and for me all of those feelings were hugely heightened because of the PTSD.'
'Before I had Ben, I remember thinking anyone who lets someone else look after their child, shouldn't have a child. Which is a very judgemental thing to have said… I really didn't have a clue.'
Initially, Helen had been too ill to look after Ben through the night and had needed support from her mum, friends and a night nanny – another thing she'd felt guilty about. It was 18 months before she felt back to normal and able to really appreciate being with her son.
'It was just not an enjoyable time for my husband or me. So when it started to be the best fun ever – when I started to enjoy being a mummy and doing all the things I'd dreamed of doing with my child – I thought right, ok I don't want to go back to work now actually. I want to enjoy the time I've got with him.'
'I'll need to go back one day, but I think I'll work to live instead of living to work. And I don't feel guilty in the slightest.'
For Emily too, the guilt of working full time has eased as she and her daughter have gotten used to their daily routine.
'Everything I do, I do for her to see and know anything is possible. You can be a mum, you can work, you can run marathons, you can travel. You can do it all. If by working five days a week I have been able to provide for her and pave the way for her to march in and take over and lead the life she wants, then my work as a mother is done.'
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What you need to know about Beats Pill
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By now, most of you have heard of Beats Pill, a $150 wireless speaker that's been available in the US since July.
The device has been the focus of a lot of debate as of late, and it's likely that Beats Pill will become one of the most controversial products of the year.
I'm not the only one who feels the need to defend Beats Pill; I've been arguing for months that the device's design, and its price tag, are a major selling point.
The idea of a wireless speaker with built-in speakers that's designed to be used for music is pretty unheard of.
We've seen similar products like the $100 Sonos Play , and it looks like Beats Pill is going to be different.
But before we get into the debate, let's talk about the benefits of using wireless speakers for music.
Wireless speakers are great for music because they are extremely loud.
If you're playing a song, the volume on the speaker can get really loud.
The speaker will vibrate at a specific frequency that will make it feel like you're really being heard.
If it's in the middle of a song or a concert, the speaker will make a loud noise, which is great for listening to loud music.
The sound can be great for podcasts and audiobooks, too.
But wireless speakers can also be a little loud.
They are designed to sound like they are right next to you, but the volume of the speaker may be louder than you would normally hear from the music.
This may be an issue if you're in a crowded room, where people may hear more volume.
To address this issue, Beats Pill includes a built-up speaker in the base that is very loud, but that is actually only 2 decibels louder than the volume level of the music you're listening to.
That means that, if you are in a room with many people and you're looking up at the ceiling, the bass sounds about the same as it would if you were sitting at a normal listening position.
This will allow you to hear everything around you and to hear more of the background.
You also won't hear all the background noise.
Beats Pill can play music from a variety of sources, including podcasts and music files that are stored on your phone.
You can even listen to a song while you're watching TV.
This is great if you have a phone that can play multiple podcasts at the same time.
If this doesn't work, you can always plug in a Bluetooth speaker for extra volume.
If your phone can play two songs at once, you'll want to get one of them in front of you while you listen.
The Beats Pill comes with built in speakers for all the different types of music that you can use it for.
The first thing that Beats puts out is a Bluetooth audio streaming app that lets you listen to music in different languages.
You will also get a separate audio volume slider that can be set to mute and volume down.
Beats says that the app is designed to stream music in two different ways: One, you just play songs from your phone or laptop and another way is that you play the music from the speakers.
This way, you have control over the volume that you're getting.
You have to set the speaker to a volume level that's the same level as the music that's being played.
You'll also be able to customize the way that the audio streams in different ways.
This can be really useful if you want to hear different sounds depending on the genre of music.
You won't have to listen to the same songs all the time, and you'll be able change how loud or how quiet the audio will be depending on what kind of music you want.
If the music sounds good, it will sound great on headphones, but if it doesn't sound good, you might want to consider getting headphones with more bass and deeper bass.
You may also want to take advantage of the Bluetooth speaker's built-ins speakers.
There are also a few different types that are designed specifically for the audio.
For example, you will find a Dolby Digital 5.1 speaker that can mix up between high and low frequencies.
These speakers will have a lower frequency response and a better dynamic range, so they'll sound more natural to people with hearing loss.
And finally, there's a speaker that is designed specifically to be a stereo audio system.
You don't need to have a Dolbys in your house to use this kind of speaker.
It just works great for the same reason that headphones with built up speakers do: it makes it easier to listen with headphones.
You just need to put a pair of headphones into your home and let them connect to your Bluetooth speakers.
If a Bluetooth headset isn't enough, you also can get a Bluetooth speakers to plug into a set of speakers or even a stereo receiver.
If all you want is a set-top box, Beats also offers a set that can connect to a Roku or Apple TV and play video from your smartphone
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Your happiness is up to you!
How many of us have been told that our happiness depends on us and not on others?
That we are the ones who have control over our thoughts, over the way we feel or react? That not the situations, people or events make us feel in a certain way, but how we relate to them? That if we change our perception and vision, our whole reality changes? That we have the power to build our life as we wish?
That we don't have to accept anything that takes away from us the joy of living, that we don't have to make sacrifices and compromises because we are ashamed to say "no"? That it's okay to bring up issues that bother us and confront others because "politeness" or shame aren't more important than honesty. That we don't have to hide our problems and feel guilty, but we can instead try to accept and solve them. That we don't have to adapt to some social standards set by others and that we have no reason to feel "defective" if we don't fit them.
That is our right to set clear limits and boundaries of interaction, that is not our duty to please others or to meet their demands if we don't want it. That it's important to be aware of our needs and take them into account, that it's important to dream and dare to act in the direction of our dreams, that when trust, will and perseverance exist anything can be done. That if we fail, this doesn't make us less valuable, but on the contrary, it adds value because any experience helps us grow. By trying and failing we develop our frustration tolerance and we learn to use our energy and resources smarter.
To learn that nothing is forever, that our interests and passions change, to learn that it's normal for people around us to change because we also change, although we may not observe it clearly. To learn to accept this and understand that the stubbornness with which we cling to our illusions and expectations is what makes us suffer.
How many of us have been taught since they were little to develop their self-confidence, to act as they want without fearing what others might say? How many have been encouraged to try, to take a risk and how many were told when they've fallen "It's ok, there's no problem". How many were encouraged to continue to express our opinions even if they were different or even opposed to the majority?
How many of us have been told about intuition, about our inner voice and about its importance?
How many of us have been told that it's okay not to obey, that being passive isn't necessarily a virtue? How many were encouraged to dare to live our life as we want? To be the only ones who decide our fate.
How many were taught to see a person beyond their position, social mask, or the status and role symbols they show? To respect a person for what they are and to know that we deserve to be respected for our human value. Because the human quality isn't expressed neither in positions nor in titles. It's the easiest thing to humiliate another person because you are hierarchically positioned above it.
But how many of us have been taught not to compare ourselves to others, not to feel insignificant just because we don't have what they have? To focus instead on our development and our goals to get what makes us happy, beyond our name, image and status. That it's more important to be ecological in our actions, and that we have much more to gain if instead of taking advantage of others to reach our goals, and instead of denigrating others to feel important, we seek to achieve what we want without compromising our dignity and integrity.
How many of us have been taught not to fear losing something by sharing our knowledge and experience with others ignoring the fact that our society can't evolve if we get stuck in such fears?
How many of us have been taught that the love presented in Disney stories isn't necessary the healthiest form of love and that it doesn't represent everything in life. Or how many of us have been taught that love doesn't mean pain, humiliation, scandal or violence?
How many have been taught to focus our attention on ourselves first of all, to be able to feel ok with ourselves and our life instead of seeking a salvation in romantic love stories?
How many have been taught not to blame others for the way we feel with our own life, but instead take 100% responsibility for it?
To realize that we often struggle with ourselves and because we don't take responsibility for that struggle, we turn it against others. We project, we blame, we resent and we want to dominate them. We want to win the battles with others because we haven't assumed our own. And no matter who wins, everybody loses.
I repeat, there is no one's fault for the way we feel in our own life. What happened, is already gone. Whoever wronged us doesn't matter anymore because now we have the power. We don't have to forgive if we don't feel we can do it, but neither torment ourselves reminiscing.
If there is something to do, it's to become more and more aware of our inner strength, to see each experience as an opportunity to develop, as a life lesson and to continue our journey through life holding our head high.
The power is in our hands, and our happiness depends only on us, even if perhaps we would have wanted to be told that earlier.
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Home / News / NEPAL: Incomplete land distribution process causes serious food insecurity to the Gandharva Dalit community currently facing crop destruction and abuse by another community
NEPAL: Incomplete land distribution process causes serious food insecurity to the Gandharva Dalit community currently facing crop destruction and abuse by another community
Hunger Alert Case |Nepal | May 12, 2011
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned from field research that the Gandharva community is facing hunger and food insecurity. In 1993 Gandharva, a nomadic Dalit community was provided a piece of land from the Commission for Resolving Problem with Landless People (Sukumbasi Samasya Samadhan Aayog) without legal title. In October 2010, members of the neighboring Tharu community who own the land in the village came and destroyed the crops planted, threatening them to leave the land as they wanted to apply for the community forest. Despite the Gandharva persons calling the police for help, no assistance was received. The police came to the village two days later but did not make any intervention about the violence committed by the Tharu persons. The Gandharva neither cultivated crops last year nor planted crops this year fearing that the Tharu persons would come again to destroy the crop. Facing serious food insecurity, many male Gandharvas migrated to India whereas several women migrated to Middle East seeking food. The children are left behind, deprived of their education and adequate nutrition, often discriminated due to their caste and poor living conditions. A complaint was submitted to the local administration twice in December 2010 and April 2011, but no actual response has been received. 35 persons including Gandharva filed a Public Interest Litigation on the case in January 2011.
CASE NARRATIVES (based in the interview with Gandharva community):
(photo 1 left: Gandharva community playing music)
Forty two-Gandharva families settled down in ward 5, Sarahawa village, Bardiya district in 1993 when the Commission for Resolving Problems with Landless People (Commission) under Ministry of Land Reform allotted land for them. As they are nomadic playing traditional musical instruments by nature, none of them had citizenship certificate at that time, which made it difficult for them to get a certificate for the land given to them. Only 19 families got land for house and cultivation out of which only five families have a certificate although they all were entitled to get the land certificate as landless. Irrespective of the land possession, all Gandharvas built the houses on the land given to the community.
Later on when the families who have the certificate tried to pay the land tax to the administration authority, they found that the land was not legally registered in their name but categorized as forest land. Accordingly, they were denied to pay the tax. In addition, due to the restriction in the land redistribution, they cannot utilize the land as a credit for loan. It says that the land cannot be sold out or use as a credit within 25 years; the house on the land should be built within a year. (photo 2: Certificate issued by the Commission)
Some families who have less than 3 members were given about 0.34 acres (2 katta) and 0.85 acres (5 katta) for more than 5 members. Due to lack of irrigation and other agricultural facilities, the families merely manage to cultivate rice or other vegetables only during the rainy season and wheat in winter. However, the attempt of Tharu persons who own the land in the village to create the community forest on the land the Gandharvas and other landless communities live and cultivate causes serious food insecurity to them.
In October 2010, a group of Tharu persons living in Dhakhin Bakhadi hamlet located in wards 4 and 5 of the village came to Gandharva community and destroyed the paddies that they had already planted with agricultural tools. At that time, most of males had gone to India for migration work and mainly women and the children remained in the village. Tharu persons shouted "You cannot live here. Leave here." While Gandharva persons hided at home, Tharus' threat and destruction upon the paddies was carried out from 12 to 5pm.
Gandharva persons called the police of Maina Pokhari Banshghari police station to stop the violence committed by the Tharus but the police did not come on that day. Two days later, the police came to the community and said "we will see you if the Tharu attacked you again." However, no action has been taken so far in this matter.
In December 2010, there was a village meeting in which about ten Gandharva women took part as many were still in India. They were told in the meeting that it was required to collect the signatures from all villagers for the national forest project. Gandharva women put their signatures and were also asked to sign on behalf of other Gandharvas who could not come for the meeting, which they did.
Later on, the forest department officials came to the Gandharva community to make a measurement on the land for the community forest. The officials did not inquiry anything about the land. At that time, the Gandharva community realized that the signatures collected in the meeting was not for the national forest but for the community forest, moreover the land the Gandharva community reside was supposedly targeted for the community forest.
The Gandharva could not harvest any crops in 2010 and even cannot plant any crops fearing that the Tharu persons might come again and threaten them. Without irrigation, they merely manage to cultivate rice during the rainy reason and Dal in winter, which is not sufficient at all to support the families.
Only four households have water tap at home. After their crops were destroyed by the neighbour Tharus, the community cannot cultivate any crop on the land, and has to rely only on migration work and other casual work that they find. Consequently, children and women who are left behind in the village are more exposed to lack of food. In addition, they find it difficult to get health care, for which they do not have money to pay. (photo 3: land destroyed by Tharu persons who own the land)
It is clear that the Committee issued the land certificate without actual title which should be given by the revenue department after communicating with the Commission and measuring the land allotted to the Gandharva community. There has been no coordination between the authorities, which currently creates land conflict as well as food insecurity of the landless community such as Gandharva, in this case.
In January 2011, 35 persons including Gandharvas from the village filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) – case no. 067 WON 0617- proving that they have been living and cultivating the land since early 1990 and suggesting that the land they reside and cultivate should not be converted into the community forest. According to the plantiff's statement, 55.603 hectares land are applied for community forest in the village where 72 families currently reside.
Approximately 21,000 Gandharva persons live in Nepal. They are traditionally involved in music play and other artistic activities with a nomadic living pattern. As society changes and industrializes, they have been discouraged to move around and settled down with a piece of land for house allotted by the government in 1993. However, due to lack of coordination and unfinished land allocation between Land related authorities and the revenue department, those land given to the landless communities including Gandharva is often discovered that they are not given the land title.
On World Food Day, October 16, 2010, the Gandhrava Struggle Committee submitted the memorandum to the Chief District Administration Office (CDO) in Bardiya. The CDO responded verbally that the administration would look after the basic facilities such as school and health centre as well as the land issue raised in the memorandum. As the substantial action was not taken later, the Struggle Committee submitted another memorandum to urge the administration to take real step on behalf of their demands in April 2011.
Access to the land, a priority to ensure food security in Nepal
Access to land is the directly related to food insecurity and poverty in Nepal where more than 60% population are engaged in agriculture. Policies for land reform and management as under the Ministry of Land Reform and Management, three year interim Plan 2007/08-2009/10 in no . 3 included that land distribution with priority on landless and unmanaged dwellers, Indigenous and Madhesi and women. Despite, the policies for the landless have not been substantialised for many landless communities who are mainly Dalits. Instead, the villagers are encouraged to apply to the community forest which will be a public forest used by all communities living in the village. The land where the landless communities depend on are often targeted for community forest, which seriously causes displacement to the landless community, or Dalit in many cases.
Food insecurity in Nepal has been creating serious human rights violation and women trafficking issues as well. It is reported that every day 60-70 Nepali women migrate to Gulf countries and till day over 240,000 women work in those countries. Those who work as a domestic worker confront serious human rights violation and low income shown in the above case and furthermore many of Nepali women before and after employment are trafficked as a prostitute by the brokers regardless of their will. It is found that a 17 year old woman in this case who migrated to Saudi Arabia has been missing.
Nepal is a state party of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the right to food is a fundamental right enshrined in the interim Constitution.
Please join our petition and send letter to the government authorities calling for proper and immediate intervention in order to redress the most marginalized Gandharva community.
The AHRC will send a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Food.
NEPAL: Call for appropriate process to issue the land title to the landless Gandharva community facing serious food insecurity
Name of affected community: 42 Gandharva families living in Sauraha Village wards no 5, Bardiya District
Name of alleged perpetrators: Tharu persons, who own the land and have attached the Gandharva community and other landless communities, living in Sauraha village wards no 4 and 5, Bardiya District
Name of the relevant authorities:
1. Ministry of Land Reform
2. District Landless Problem Solution Commission (Sukumbasi Samasya Samadhan Ayog)
3. District Forest Office
4. District Revenue Office
5. Chief District Administration Office
6. Maina Pokhari Banshghari police station
Date of incident: Since October 2010
Place of incident: Sauraha Village wards no 5, Bardiya District, Nepal
I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding Gandharva community facing serious food insecurity since October 2010.
I am informed that In October 2010, Tharu persons who own the land living in Dhakhin Bakhadi hamlet located in wards 4 and 5 of the village came to Gandharva community living in ward 5 and destroyed their paddies that they had already planted by agricultural tools.
Most of males of Gandharva community migrated to India and mainly women, children and elderly were left in the village. Tharu persons' threat and destruction upon the paddies was carried out from 12 to 5pm.
I am surprised to hear that despite call for the help of the police on the same day, the police of Maina Pokhari Banshghari police station did not come and only two days later came to say that "we will see you if the Tharu attacked you again." However, no action was taken against the Tharu persons.
I am further informed that in December 2010, there was a village meeting on which about ten Gandharva women attended as many men were still in India. They were told in the meeting that it was required to collect the signatures from all villagers for the national forest project. Gandharva women put their signatures and were also asked to sign on behalf of other Gandharva persons who could not come for the meeting, which they did.
Later on, the forest department officials came to the Gandharva community to make a measurement on the land for the community forest. The officials did not inquire anything about the land. The Gandharva persons realized that the signatures collected in the meeting was not for the national forest but for the community forest, moreover the land the Gandharva community resides was supposedly targeted for the community forest. Thus the application for community forest was actually submitted with signatures collected in the meeting, which Gandharva persons were not rightly informed.
Consequently, the Gandharva community could not harvest any crops in 2010, which is one of the food sources and furthermore could not plant the crops this year as well fearing that they would be threatened and the crops would be destroyed again. Without any crop on their land, at present, Gandharva merely depend on the migration work and other casual work, resulting that women and children who are left behind in the village particularly are more exposed to food insecurity and malnutrition.
I am aware that the land conflict between Gandharva, landless nomadic Dalit and the Tharu persons who own the land, has been caused by lack of coordination and mal-functioning of the government authorities – Ministry of Land reform, Revenue Department and the Forest Department.
I have studied that in 1993 when Gandharva community was provided land for settling in the village with the land certificate issued by the Landless Peoples' Problem Solving Committee (Sukumbasi Samasya Samadhan Aayog). As they are nomadic playing traditional musical instruments by nature, none of them had citizenship certificate at that time, which made it difficult for them to get a certificate for the land given to them. Only 19 families got land for house and cultivation out of which only five families have a certificate although they all were entitled to get the land certificate as landless. Irrespective of the land possession, all Gandharvas built the houses on the land given to the community.
However, there was no land mapping process by the Revenue Department after issue of the certificate reflecting that the Commission under the Ministry of Land Reform has not properly communicated with the District Revenue Office to complete the land distribution process. Consequently, it allowed land conflict among Gandharva and other landless communities, landlord Tharu persons. The government authorities including the police did not pay actual attention to the Gandharva, who are the most marginalised, landless Dalit community.
I am aware that land conflict in the process of the community forest formation often happens due to lack of corporation between relevant government authorities. When the Forest Department proceed the application of community forest submitted by the villagers, it is required to clarify that the land targeted for community forest is not involved in any land conflict between the communities by discussing with all the communities, particularly Dalits community who usually face unjust issues on the land they reside, after receiving the application.
I am further informed that in January 2011, 35 landless persons including Gandharvas from the village filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) – case no. 067 WON 0617- proving that they have been living and cultivating the land since early 1990 and suggesting that the land they reside and cultivate should not be converted into the community forest. According to the plantiff's statement, 55.603 hectars land are applied for community forest in the village where 72 families currently reside.
As you must know, the land is the major resource to guarantee the right to food in rural area. Without land for food, all landless farmers suffer from lack of food and hunger. I am clearly aware that majority of the landless are Dalits in Nepal, who face serious food insecurity at present.
I am aware that Nepal has already ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which means the state is legally obliged to it. The right to food envisaged in the ICESCR is the fundamental rights, a priority right. I am also aware that the interim Constitution guarantee the right to food of people in Nepal.
I am informed that the Gandharva community confronting food insecurity also submitted their memorandum to the district administration in December 2010 and April 2011 respectively. On the other hand, Gandharva community is afraid of another threat and harassment in the future, which the law enforcement agency, the police as well as other government authorities should intervene properly to protect them without creating any further issue between the communities. Please be noted that Gandharva and other landless communities in the village have been facing serious food insecutiry due to land conflict and they need immediate relief.
I, therefore, urge you to make an immediate intervention into the case. On behalf of Gandharva community, I urge you to take immediate and proper steps like below,
1. Conduct thorough and impartial investigation regarding the land applied for community forest,
2. Guarantee the food security of Gandharva community and other landless communities by providing agricultural land with title as well as basic facilities such as irrigation to improve the produce at home,
3. If it is proved that the Gandharva and other landless communities have been living and cultivating the land,immediately provide land certificate for all Gandharva families and other landless who failed to get land certificate earlier,
4. In the case that all other villagers demanded the community forest on the land Gandharva reside, carry out the process all after providing sufficient land and compensation for all Gandharva families as alternative,
5. Provide basic facilities such as drinking water for every households and irrigation facility to ensure their food security,
6. Ensure that the Gandharva community should not be attacked again or be involved in any harassment and threat.
I look forward to prompt and positive response.
1. Jhalanath Khanal
Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Nepal
Singh Durbar
Email: info@opmcm.gov.np
2. Mr. Keshab Prasad Bhattarai
Ministry of Land Reforms and Management
Singhadurbar, Kathmandu
Email: crpant@molrm.gov.np
3. Yubaraj Bhusal
Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation
Email: forest@mofsc.gov.np
4. Mr. Resham Bdr. Dangi
Community Forest Division
Department of Forest
Babarmahal, Kathmandu,
Email: cfd@dof.gov.np
5. Mr. Kedar Nath Upadhyay
Harihar Bhawan, Pulchowk, Lalitpur,
G.P.O. Box: 9182,
E-mail: nhrc@nhrcnepal.org
6. Mr. Bijul Bishwokarma Dulal
National Dalit Commission
In front of Puja Pratisthan Marg,
Old Baneshwor, Kathmandu
Tel:+977 1 4473317, 4479818
Fax:+977 1 4475989
Email:info@ndc.gov.np
7. District Land Revenue Office
Bardiya, Guleriya
8. District Land reform office
Fax: +977 84 420 156, 420383
10. District Administration Office
Fax: +977 84 420095, 420132, 420133
Countries : Nepal,
Issues : Caste-based discrimination, Child rights, Land rights, Right to food,
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http://www.bradmcallister.com/posts/how-to-use-filezilla-ftp-server-with-windows-azure-virtual-machines/
however I still get the same results.
Azure manager settings
unfortuantely I don't have enough reputation to post pictures of the configuration, so I will try my best to describe them.
for the server I have 2 Endpoints open for ftp.

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*TCP public port: 21, private port: 21

*TCP public port: 65100, private port: 65100

General server settings
For the purpose of eliminating potential sources of errors I have temporarily turned off windows firewall on the server, so that should not affect the results that I'm seeing here.
FileZilla PASV settings

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*use custom port range checked. range used was 65100 - 65100

*use the following IP checked, with the public virtual IP (VIP) Address from the azure dashboard.

*Don't use external IP for local connections unchecked

http://imgur.com/UftB0n6
Connection Attempt Log
Status: Connecting to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response:   220-FileZilla Server version 0.9.41 beta
Response:   220-written by Tim Kosse (Tim.Kosse@gmx.de)
Response:   220 Please visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
Command:    USER x
Response:   331 Password required for x
Command:    PASS ********
Response:   230 Logged on
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/" is current directory.
Command:    TYPE I
Response:   200 Type set to I
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (XXX,XXX,XXX,43,254,76)
Command:    MLSD
Response:   425 Can't open data connection.
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing

Thanks,
Yabbi

A: Short summary of what can fix this issue. Worked for me.

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*Azure VM - Firewall
1.1) Open Inbound port 21
1.2) Open few Inbound ports for Passive mode - Say 1035 to 1040

*Azure VM - FileZilla Server
2.1) In settings - Change Passive ports to 1035 to 1040 ( or what ever ports you opened in 1.2 above )
2.2) For "External Server IP" option, use "Retrieve external IP address from"

*Azure Control Panel - Endpoints
3.1) Open port 21, and 1035 to 1040 ( or what ever ports you opened in 1.2 above )

A: Managed to finally figure this out after a lot of head scratching. Turns out that azure has implemented a probing of sorts on ports opened using the manager. deleting the passive ports created there and opening them up using powershell allowed this to work.
Here's a good article describing the process: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/8f697f17-72b7-46f7-8c97-398b91190a2f/server-2012-vm-on-azure-passive-ftp-wont-work

A: Goto settings of filezilla.
change the FTP setting.
instead of passive mode -- select active mode and click ok.
try now it will work.
azure doesn't allow passive ftp, thats the head scratching thing here.

A: Azure now have an FTP VM in the marketplace that fully setups FileZilla FTP Server and configures the required ports to allow external access to your public IP https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-gb/marketplace/apps/cloud-infrastructure-services.filezilla-ftp-server
Setup instructions: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/install-filezilla-secure-ftp-server-on-azure-server-2016/

A: I decided that I can make it on my own, but got same error as in the queston. But then I googled a little (also saw this question), few hours of trying some manuals, and, finnaly here I found working thing!
Hope it helps to other people
http://itq.nl/walkthrough-hosting-ftp-on-iis-7-5-a-windows-azure-vm-2/

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