Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatane
JAGRUTHA MAHILA SANGHATANE (JMS) began as an idea of building a community led movement by Dalit Women in the year 1999. JMS was initiated as a small social experiment in and around an insignificant village called Pothnal in Manvi taluka of Raichur district in 1999. A small group of youth comprising those involved in Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) and others with exposure to several socio-political processes along with a few youth from the Dalit community initiated the processes of mobilising and organising Dalit Madiga women.[1]