Women and Men in India 2022: Sex ratio improves but female participation in workforce still low

Social factors, educational qualifications & gender discrimination in terms of wages & opportunities reasons for low share of women in …

Haryana's sex ratio success a result of behavioural change or fudged data?

The state's achievement comes at a time the Census’ Sample Registration System survey paints a grim picture for the country

Skewed sex ratio worsens marriage woes for Marathwada farmers

May encourage child marriages, worries expert

India’s sex ratio improves, but 9 million girls went ‘missing’ in last 2 decades to foeticide

Wealth, education and fertility are the key factors behind improvement

‘I almost lost my will to live’: preference for sons is leaving young women in China exploited and abused

China urgently needs policies and intervention programmes that tackle this tradition, or it will continue to limit women’s opportunities …

‘India’s growing and aging populations require investments across all sectors’

Down To Earth speaks to demography expert Poonam Muttreja about the findings of the latest National Family Health Survey

Darwin got sexual selection backwards, research suggests

Sexual selection is most pronounced not when potential mates are scarce but when they’re abundant, finds a new study

In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt

While recent improvements are noteworthy, we are far from winning the battle for gender equality

NFHS-5: No, women don’t outnumber men in India just yet. Here is why

NFHS counts only certain women, who belong to specific demographic categories. There is a bias in it, say experts

World Health Day 2022: Here’s looking at health, food & India

Kerala sees sharp fall in sex ratio at birth despite being best in overall category

Bihar and Maharashtra are other major states where sex ratio at birth declined