In recent years efforts of Vaagdhara voluntary organization in Central India have been attracting increasing attention in view of the wider appeal of its work related to strengthening the self-reliance…
The mainstream media seems to be waiting for a clash between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump. Both figures embody starkly different visions of the present moment.…
This is Part 2 of the Article on the UCC. This is part 2. Part 1 can be accessed here. For the original detail research, please see here. Considering that…
December 9 was 145th birth and 93rd death anniversary of the iconic Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. She had emerged in the 19th century to revolutionize the concept of womanhood, feminine…
Tavleen Singh is a well known columnist. In a recent column (Religiosity is sick, not Secularism, I.E. 8 December 2024) writes about the barring the women studying medicine in Afghanistan.…
In a hamlet of Mahuari village, in Hussainabad block, several woman had collected around a small contractor who had been assigned the work for constructing several toilets in their village…
BEIJING – In recent decades, the invisible barrier that prevents women from ascending to senior positions in politics, business firms, and other organizations has been cracked, if not shattered, in…
*PM, an educated girl with an MA degree in Hindi literature, comes from Magaura village in Banda district (UP). For nearly 24 years she endured domestic violence and insulting behaviour…
It has been seen time and again that when women get a more significant role in development initiatives and when they have more say in deciding priorities, then development initiatives…
Chingari is an organization mainly of rural women of weaker sections which has been involved in raising several issues of justice and equality in parts of Bundelkhand region. One of…
Women have often led the acts of resilience, and transformation, batting two warfronts at once, calamities and gendered social restrictions. It becomes important to explore, highlight, and reiterate their accomplishments…
We talk of equality of the sexes, gender stereotyping breakthrough but these terms get restricted only to discussion on right to work, right to body, freedom of movement, choices of…
With four parameters, the gender gap in 156 nations was studied in 2021. It says it will take 135.6 years to bridge the gender gap worldwide... India is at 140th…
The prevailing perception about Bihari women in a sub-urban/ rural setting reduces the different dimensions of their persona into fossilised gender identities like ‘left-behind women’. In other words, they are…
Introduction Though India had a distinction of electing a woman Prime Minister in 1966 (Mrs. Indira Gandhi) and an Indian (Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit) became the first woman President of…
Addressing the requirements arising out of Covid-19 Pandemic, in a populous country spread across the length and breadth, has received substantial economic, and social support from the self-help group(SHG)/Samuh members.…
There is a tempest in India’s farmlands even as their tillers wage an extraordinary crusade for alleviating age-old distresses. Away from the bustle of the raging storm in the Delhi-National…
Bhubaneswar: 9th December-A unique Gram Sabha on gender-based violence was organised across 17 districts in Odisha where the meetings were being led by the women as they were holding centre…
As the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 showed an overall improvement in the political representation of women, it became obvious that we have come a long way but there is…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of weak health systems that were ill prepared to withstand the onslaught of the pandemic. As documented by the Pulse survey of the…
The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks a global pandemic. In India, during the last six months had a tough time for everyone as government…
During my professional engagement with rural India, I found that one of the most useful resources at the grassroots level was an Anganwadi worker. I would always begin my village…
"We don't need Afghan-style burqas to disappear as women. We disappear in reverse – by revamping and revealing our bodies to meet the externally imposed vision of beauty" – Robin…
In a country where the culture of arranged and forced marriage is the norm, marrying for love is an exception, and divorce or choosing to remain single is associated with…
International Day of Rural Women-15 October The empowerment of rural women and girls is essential to building a prosperous equitable and peaceful future for all on a healthy planet…
In an ashram perched high on a hill above the city of Guwahati is a small exhibit commemorating the life of India's most famous son. Alongside a bed where Mahatma…
Women and girls play a lesser recognised role as drivers of growth and progress and powerful agents of change. Gender remains a critically important and largely ignored lens…
The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world all we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them -Nobel Laureate Muhammad…
Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone. Egyptian Proverb Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical…
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which…
A few kilometers outside Ahmedabad in Gujarat, I visited a Mahila Shakti Kendra about a year ago. I was amazed at what I saw and heard. In a community building,…
We live in a world in which women living in poverty face gross inequalities and injustice from birth to death. From poor education to poor nutrition to vulnerable and…
If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones. ― John Steinbeck The Indian women farmer,…
When I first initiated livelihood finance projects through women collectives called as Self Help Groups, more than two decades back, I encountered stiff resistance from the local elders who couldn’t…
Worldwide millions of women have traditional responsibilities as food growers, water and fuel gatherers, and care-givers. In South Asia, women make up make up 43% of the agriculture workforce in…
The transformation of women’s roles is the last great impediment to universal progress. Indian women haven’t always had much by way of social agency or power whereby they could formulate…
It has been more than 20 years since the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts - termed as post-Independent India’s most revolutionary exercise in democratic decentralization and devolution of power…
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman -Margaret Thatcher If we want to bring a truly transformative gender revolution, we must…
A mother is a school. Empower her and you empower a great nation. -Hafez Ibrahim, Egyptian poet The real tragedy of the poor, particularly the women among them, is that…
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau The 21st century poses many challenges that require new…
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