Photos: Field
Visits
 |
| An informal market in New Delhi. India's municipal laws make it illegal to vend in the streets wihtout a license. But due to red tape, less than one percent of vendors operate legally. |
 |
| Sewa Nagar - Model Market. A well organized informal market in New Delhi. Hear more about the transition at the market in LE's video series "Market Forces". Click here to download the movie. |
 |
| Sewa Naga Legal Empowerment Executive Director, left, with Madhu Kishwar of Manushi whose efforts are responsible for the dramatic change at Sewa Nagar. |
 |
| Madame Kishwar guides Dr.Singh through the Model Market - a permanent market that has been upgaraded by licensed vendors using high-quality materials. |
 |
| The
vendors at Sewa Nagar also have a savings scheme. They have pooled
their funds and built toilet facilities. The transition at
the
Model Market has been a win-win for the shoppers, vendors and local politicians. |
 |
| Villagers in Uttar Pradesh province outside of New Delhi. |
 |
| Villagers with formal land tenure built homes from more costly bricks. |
 |
| Farm in Uttar Pradesh province outside of New Delhi. |
 |
| Farmers in Uttar Pradesh discussing their land tenure types and what owning their homes means to them, their families and their livelihoods. |
 |
| Children gathered on top of roofs to see the village meetings. |
 |
| The farmers in the Uttar Pradesh province tend to rely on traditional means of livelihoods, such as farming. |
 |
| Another village in the province. Here the villagers invested less in the quality of their homes - prefering straw and wood over bricks. |
 |
| Children gathered to see the impromptu discussion on property rights... and the cameras it attracted. |
 |
| Women standing in front of their home. The types of land tenure varied. |
 |
| A third village in the province. Villagers here relied on costly bricks to build their homes and used stern wooden fences to mark their lots. |
 |
| Dr.Singh concludes his visit with a stop to a model farm run by the non-profit organization Gobind Sadan. The Center included Legal Empowerment in an international forum in February 2007 under the theme of Developement and Civil Society. |
