Moltow Bello Handicrafts - Jodhpur
Welcome to Moltow Bello Handicrafts - Jodhpur I visited Jodhpur in March 2025. Here, I met Nanda who runs Moltow Bello Handicraft - a Rajasthani organisation that supports tribal, young brides, and widowed women become independent.💫🧶 In March 2025, Nanda had employed 72 widowed and vulnerable women from all castes to assist them in becoming independent following the deaths of their husbands, or to create hope for a future in their own right. Nanda explained that even now, women are often encouraged to commit suicide following the death of their husbands (rooted in the practice of Sati). Research says that another reason for high suicide rates amongst Indian females is domestic violence. Most women I met had been married off at a young age, and forced to become a wife and a daughter-in-law. They spend entire days at home doing household chores. All sorts of restrictions are placed on them, with rare access to any personal money. When husbands pass, women are forced to ...
