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 · 2012 English
This report summarises the results of two surveys and a number of field- based research missions carried out in the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) industry in Northern India. The research aims …
NYU: New York University · 2012
The study indicates that there are a significant number of NGOs working on women issues in the country. However, the majority has an omni-focused approach – of working with the …
NYU: New York University · 2012
Leading activists, researchers and feminist scholars working on women's rights in India are of the view that resources for women's rights work are on the wane. One of the obvious …
NYU: New York University · 2012 English
This report is being published with the financial assistance from the European Commission under the project, EIDHR/2010/232154 titled “Implementation of rights of indigenous peoples in India with special focus on …
NYU: New York University · 2012
The post-independence era in Bangladesh, beginning in the early seventies, gave rise to international aid received, in funds, commodity and human resources by CSOs in the country. Bangladesh receives aid …
NYU: New York University · 2012 English
Women's participation in water management
NYU: New York University · 2012 English
This study aimed to determine the causes of migration of women migrant domestic workers, obtain a deeper understanding of the situation of affected women, assess the status and nature of …
NYU: New York University · 2012
For businesses worldwide, corporate social responsibility, or CSR, has come to be understood as a broader obligation to stakeholders, not just a narrow answerability to shareholders. In theory, CSR is …
NYU: New York University · 2012
Of the over 30,000 NGOs registered in the country, less than 10 per cent are classified as working on women's issues. Of the 123 NGOs registered in the country, only …
NYU: New York University · 2012 English
Dekha Undekha is a persuasive tool for SNEHA’s health programmes and we hope to use this to intervene in the health issues of many other communities. The exhibition is refreshed …