Mahesh Bacham is a video journalist who specializes in capturing socially impactful stories of ordinary people. He is a member of 101Reporters, a pan-Indian network of grassroots reporters. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/mahesh-bacham/rss en Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:30:00 +0000 Mahesh Bacham https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/17/the-indian-women-campaigning-for-clean-water https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/17/the-indian-women-campaigning-for-clean-water A campaign started by the women of Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, has transformed lives. Their efforts resulted in the building of a treatment plant to remove arsenic and fluoride from local groundwater – and now local people have clean water to drink. Equal Pay and Opportunity Informal Economy Solutions Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:10:25 +0000 Mahesh Bacham https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/19/indian-domestic-workers-unionize-to-secure-their-rights https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/19/indian-domestic-workers-unionize-to-secure-their-rights Nisha Mathews is a campaigner and hero to many women in Karnataka in India. She’s helped set up a union for domestic workers in the region, which today has more than 13,000 members. Equal Pay and Opportunity Solutions Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:06:36 +0000 Mahesh Bacham https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/06/20/women-reel-in-profits-after-switching-to-fish-farming https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/06/20/women-reel-in-profits-after-switching-to-fish-farming In rural Andhra Pradesh, it can be hard for women to make enough money to feed their families. But this group of women is taking on the male-dominated occupation of fish farming, and making it their own. Entrepreneurship Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:16:24 +0000 Elizabeth Mani, Mahesh Bacham https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/09/29/catching-a-ride-with-the-only-woman-bus-driver-in-bangalore https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/09/29/catching-a-ride-with-the-only-woman-bus-driver-in-bangalore There are over 100,000 bus drivers in the Indian city of Bangalore, but only one of them is a woman. Preema Nadapatti now wants to get other women to take to the roads.