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‘Even my husband envies my freedom’

A small basic income transformed the lives of these women in rural India. Imagine what it could do on a national scale.

‘Even my husband envies my freedom’
Radha Davar and Manguben | Photo by Beyond Trafficking and Slavery. All rights reserved.
To be able to remove that veil, to be anywhere outside, and not to fear anybody – that for me is freedom.
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Radha Davar and Manguben

Radha Davar and Manguben are villagers in rural India. Both were recipients of a basic income in the trials conducted by the Self Employed Women's Association.

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