Mar 5, 2021 · The equality, empowerment and financial independence of Koli women reflects in their personalities – the confidence in their speech, the gold jewellery and flowers in hair and …

Feb 28, 2025 · More than two-thirds of Mumbai’s Koli population of 200,000 is female, but their voices are seldom included in the city’s political processes. Despite these challenges, Koli …

A Koli woman. There has historically been some difficulty in identifying people as Koli or as Bhil people in what is now the state of Gujarat.

Women in Koli community Factors such as urbanization, changing livelihoods, and external influences have contributed to the gradual decline, posing a significant threat to their traditional …

Mar 13, 2021 · Koli women opened up their homes, risked their lives and livelihoods for each other even as a deadly virus loomed, while many privileged communities instinctively turned …

As their spirit-mediums were normally female, women were possessed by the goddess and made her wishes known. One of these wishes was that they abstain from alcoholic drinks and meat. …

The Kolis-fisherfolk-of Mumbai are a distinct community. In Their dress, their language, their food and their lifestyle they are easily distinguishable. Especially the economically independent Koli …

Nov 10, 2018 · Most Koli women invest profits in gold ornaments (bought on Dhanteras), which they proudly wear round the year. Avni was no man-eater. She was a mother of two small …

Aug 11, 2021 · Lockdown losses, major surgeries, jobless husbands and other struggles have hit Vandana Koli and Gayatri Patil, who sell fish at Mumbai's Colaba market. But the two find …

Women in the Koli fishing community have been traditionally depen-dent on fisheries-based livelihoods. Nevertheless, several contextual factors constrain or enable them to access a …