South Asian Born-Digital NGO Reports Collection Project
New York University
An NYU project to identify, prioritize, archive, preserve and make discoverable and accessible to scholars curated elements of documentation from and about South Asia produced by government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, community organizations, research centers, underground groups, religious sects, political parties, women’s groups, social activists, human rights organizations, LGBTQ advocacy groups, and other content creators. These web pamphlets, online reports and documents, field notes, statistical documentation, think pieces, meeting proceedings, manifestos, party platforms, election campaign materials, activist materials, propaganda leaflets, posters and banners, etc. in the past would have been produced in print form, and could be selectively acquired by libraries to add to their research collections. But now, they are typically produced only on the web, where they are disseminated as ephemera. This kind of content is critical for historical and social science research, and to document the rise and evolution of social movements, but because the organizations themselves are often grassroots communities with little support, they devote their meager resources to their community work and creating the documentation, rather than archiving it or making it permanently accessible themselves. As a result, this is ephemeral content whose presence (and discoverability) on the web is often very unstable, unless collected and archived by the library community. If not captured and preserved now, this material will disappear for current and future scholars. As an extension to the South Asian Studies collections at NYU Libraries, this born-digital documentation preservation project is presented as growing open-access resource for scholars everywhere. For more information or to recommend contents for this collection, contact Aruna Magier, South Asia Librarian, NYU
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NYU: New York University · 1 November 2013 English
For decades, The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has enabled serious human rights violations to be committed by soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and parts of northeast India, …
NYU: New York University · 1 November 2013 English
In order to delve into the area of masculinities and son preference deeper, ICRW in partnership with UNFPA have conducted a study on men’s attitudes around son preference in seven …
NYU: New York University · 1 October 2013
SPARROW in its functioning all these years has been very particular about taking up projects and executing them in the best possible manner despite the usual hurdles of fund crunch …
NYU: New York University · 9 September 2013 English
Intimate partner violence against women during maternity was unacceptably common in Mumbai’s slums. One in seven women suffered violence during or shortly after pregnancy. IPV begins in a culture that …
NYU: New York University · 1 July 2013 English
The water quality data collected and collated by Central Pollution Control Board under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme and Assessment of sources of Pollution is presented in this treatise. This …
NYU: New York University · 1 July 2013 English
This paper celebrates the changes that the RHV (Raise Her Voice) Pakistan programme has brought about and, more importantly, distils the choices and actions that generated these changes. It can …
NYU: New York University · 1 July 2013 English
We conducted open-ended interviews with 15 women with disability who had reported violence in a preceding survey. Emergent themes included a lack of acceptance by families, the systematic formation of …
NYU: New York University · 1 March 2013 English
This discussion paper is part of a larger research project by the Internet Democracy Project that looks at the sexist comments, sometimes downright abuse, that women who are vocal on …
NYU: New York University · 1 March 2013 English
In this report, we propose a people-focused agenda for Indian manufacturing companies to increase productivity of their workforce, and in turn, enhance their overall profitability. We hope that the industry …
NYU: New York University · 1 March 2013 English
This report describes in detail two recent cases of factory fires that swept through the facilities of two South Asian clothing manufacturers producing for international brands. These cases are exemplary …