State reassures protesting ASHAs...once again

Thousands of ASHA workers – women health activists – from across 36 districts of Maharashtra have been rallying for better pay, given on-time, and an official order to that effect. Their recent protest in the city’s Azad Maidan grounds went on for 21 days and was called off after the state announced that it would look into their demands. This is the third official assurance in the last six months, but the promises remain off paper. A story on International Women’s Day about women, their solidari