By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA
The Goans v/s Migrants politics is not working for the people in Goa. It is not working in the same way as good women v/s bad women politics does not work. (more…)
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA
As we know SEZs are, by the Government’s definition, supposed to be foreign countries within the country, for the purposes of trade operations and duties and tariffs, with special rules for facilitating foreign direct investment. This means that the Panchayats or Municipalities in whose jurisdiction the areas covered by the SEZs lie cannot take a call with respective to any approvals within those areas. In 2008 Goa awoke to what was called a New Year gift, that SEZs would be scrapped. Rather the SEZ policy would be scrapped to imply that there would be no SEZs. However, SEZ-like set ups continued to exist in Goa. Information Technology Parks and Biotechnology parks continued to be possibilities as the IT Policy and the Biotechnology Policy , which make these possible, as they speak of SEZ like parks, were not scrapped. (more…)
Albertina Almeida participated in a webinar on the occasion of International Girl Child Day (October 11) organised by the Women’s Commission of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, where she spoke on “Highlights of CBCI Guidelines relating to Sexual Harassment of Children by Clerics and in Church Institutions”. See the flier below:
Albertina Almeida spoke on “Addressing Human Trafficking as a Violation of Human Rights”, in a Webinar on Human Trafficking by Department of Women’s Studies, Goa University (October 14, 2020). See the flier below:
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA
Hathras is far away. I didn’t even know there was a place by that name until the recent headlines. Then I wanted to know about the place and its people. And so much from the Hathras incident resonated with Goa. (more…)
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA
To feel citizenship is to feel belonged, to be able to take part in the decision making processes that shape that society. It means one should be able to leave and return to the country/ies of citizenship. From this lens of citizenship, if one looks at how the Government of Goa has treated its citizenry through actions taken statedly to address the COVID 19 pandemic, then it has left in its trail much to be desired. The pandemic struck, shortly after the people of Goa (and India as a whole) were up in arms against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens (CAA-NPR-NRC). (more…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEUQPSnty4
The panel was titled, “Empowerment with the family: Women and the Law.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA6HJIoxbHQ
The panel was titled, “From Policy to Practice.”
Albertina Almeida interviewed by Andrea D’Souza on the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
Albertina Almeida interviewed by Andrea D’Souza on the Inland Waterways Act.
