Seasons of Change: Jharkhand’s
Women Artists Trace Shifting Climate

When the land dries, when forests burn, when rivers shrink — women are often the first to feel the heat and the last to be heard. In May 2025, at the Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute in Ranchi, nineteen women artists came together for the Painting Workshop on Gender and Climate Change, organised by Desaj Abhikram and Asar Social Impact Advisors.

Over three days, their canvases turned into living testimonies of resistance. Through acrylic strokes and fierce imagination, they painted not only the devastation of the climate crisis but also the invisible endurance of women who hold their communities together. Some works channel rage at destruction; others highlight care, resilience, and the unacknowledged labour of women. Together, the paintings create a collective portrait of a region where the climate crisis is inseparable from questions of equity, survival, and rights.