Breaking the cycle of poverty: Financial freedom for tribal women
For tribal communities, financial freedom translates into financial literacy, with which comes the access to various government safety nets and rights
COVID-19: How community platforms can help stem violence against women
Reduced availability of frontline healthcare workers is likely, since the entire health system is focused on the novel coronavirus disease (…
Half the world's married women out of labour force: Report
Marriage and motherhood also ate into women's access to paid work and accompanying benefits
Smart tech will only work for women when the fundamentals for its uptake are in place
If we want to tackle the underlying causes of gender inequality, to build smart and innovate for change, then technology is good
33 women still die every hour from pregnancy and childbirth complications: WHO
India among 10 nations with highest maternal mortality ratio; many poor countries likely to miss target set under Millennium Development Goal
Jarawa man speaks out against sexual abuse of young women
Audio clip reveals that poachers and settlers are introducing the tribe to alcohol and marijuana
Too few women docs to blame for poor reproductive healthcare in India: WHO
India is among the world’s 83 countries which do not meet the minimum requirement of having 22.8 healthcare workers for every10,000 persons
Simply put: Dalit women marginalised from mainstream politics, economy
Men as the wind beneath our wings
From Mahabharata hero Bhima to Nobel Laureate Tagore, from Infosys founder Narayana Murthy to Bhagwad Gita’s Krishna, we bring to you …
Simply Put: International Women’s Day
Women’s perceptions of cooking fuel hamper transition to clean energy: Study
Policies that promoted improved fuels targeted women as the primary beneficiaries, who mostly believed fuelwood contributed to their well-being more
Customary and religious laws are impeding progress towards women’s health in Nigeria
The country has the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world; its women make up more than half of people living with the disease
Women, children victims of obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean
In more than 20 countries the rate of female obesity is 10 percentage points higher than that of men
Increase in disasters leads to spike in intentional homicides of women: UN Report
The correlation between the number of people affected by disaster and the number of female victims of intentional homicide was found to be the …
COVID-19: Odisha ambulance service to pregnant women’s rescue
The service has helped at least 92 pregnant women from state’s Kandhamal district since March 24, 2020
DTE Special on International Women’s Day 2024
Down To Earth delves into 7 exemplary initiatives to illustrate formidable influence of self-help groups
Simply Put: International Women’s Day 2024
International Women’s Day: Why should girls always bear the brunt?
Girls have to be taught to believe in themselves; parents, male family members and teachers must be empathetic and understanding to the problems …
Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women’s health at risk
Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50% of the world’s population
Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study
Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes
COVID -19 second wave affecting more pregnant women in India, says doctors
Successful project made women water entrepreneurs instead of water carriers
Example of project cited in report released at World Water Week in Stockholm recently
Nagpur municipality notice to women corporators: keep interfering husbands at bay
These men have been attending meetings and issuing instructions in place of their wives
Women bear the brunt of Africa's urban disasters, such as the collapse of landfills
When it comes to urban disasters - both natural and otherwise - death has a gender
Thirteen women die after undergoing sterilisation at government camp in Chhattisgarh
Locals claim negligence as doctors rushed to meet targets