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Lalita Panickerhindustantimes |
In an ideal situation, strong public health systems must ensure women have access to affordable and high-quality health care, preventive services, and...
The ongoing BRICS summit in New Delhi has reaffirmed the significance of the grouping for Global South cooperation, and its impact on development,...
In many parts of the country, especially in those which are remote and with restricted access to medical facilities, home births have been considered...
Conservation is not just ecological but also social, and there can be no capacity-building in this field without gender empowerment. Across India,...
The environment for women entrepreneurs in India has never been better than it is today. Thanks to focussed government schemes and increasing...
Recognising the major challenge of low female labour force participation (FLP) in India — 31% of working-age women participating in the labour...
The war unleashed by Israel and the US against Iran can only mean more suffering and pain than already exists for the country’s women in the near...
Mainstreaming gender into climate policies will ensure that existing inequalities do not get integrated into climate politics
A surge in women’s participation at the ballot box is closely tied to their rising presence and power across other areas of public life
Real change is being fostered by women at the grassroots. However, we must pay attention to the everyday resistance, activism, and agency of women
Violence against women is systemic and structural, perpetuated by the patriarchal society we live in
In a technology-driven world, elderly women are at a huge disadvantage. Lack of access to finances and social safety nets leave them vulnerable to...
Farming in India cannot progress without women’s inputs. Policies must factor in the needs and concerns of women farmers.
An often-neglected aspect of floods is its effect on women and girls. The recent floods across Bihar, for example, severely disrupted maternal health...
It is clear that if young women’s access to higher education has to grow, families and society at large must come together to provide responsive and...