COVID-19 lockdown: Surge in domestic violence cases in Punjab
A 50% spurt in cases of domestic violence has been observed in Punjab since lockdown
Abandonment, poverty, sexual exploitation: Why Indian women pay a higher price for climate crisis
Women have limited ability to overcome climate shocks compared to their male counterparts: It is an uneven playing field. But a gradual …
Only 1% women live in countries with high gender parity, female empowerment: UN report
In India, women empowerment, gender parity were found to be ‘low’ despite ‘medium’ human development
International Day of Rural Women: It’s time we recognise their lives and livelihood
Rural women are active agents of socio-economic change. As we celebrate the day on October 15, there is a need to pull them out of the …
Married women in India have highest out-of-pocket expenditure for non-communicable diseases
Married women in both rural and urban India spend more on treating non-communicable diseases than other diseases, shows a study
Not BJP, not Congress: Women voters are real winners today
The results to the elections to the five state legislative assemblies underscore how women play an increasingly important role in India’s …
95 per cent women in India involved in unpaid labour
Report says involving women in the workforce can help achieve future aspirations that can boost India’s GDP by 27 per cent
10 years of Delhi gang rape: 70% of released Nirbhaya Funds utilised, Lok Sabha told
Region-wise disparities in fund utilisation; Conviction rate in crimes against women continues to remain abysmal
Women farmers emerging as decision-makers, innovators in wheat-based systems: Study
Women adopted specific strategies to further their interests in the context of wheat-based livelihoods, challenging men as sole decision-makers, …
Drop ‘patriarchal, sexist’ 2-finger test from medical syllabus: Supreme Court
The two-finger test is an invasive, unscientific and regressive practice used in rape cases to gauge whether a person is sexually active or a virgin
Exclusion errors: Decoding the female face of agricultural crisis
Without empowering women in farming by recognising them as farmers and giving them land rights, agriculture can’t be sustained and so can&…
How the American dream has treated demands for reproductive autonomy through history
Pre-1840, abortion was accessible and stigma-free for most
What does NFHS-5 data tell us about state of women empowerment in India
All women work but only a few are salaried: Only 25.4% of women aged 15-49 years who worked in the last 12 months were paid in cash
What India can learn from Bangladesh about closing its gender gap
Post-1971, Bangladesh embarked on an inclusive development strategy involving various non-government stakeholders, religious bodies and aid …
International Women’s day: How Telangana’s women farm hands turned farmers
The concept of group farming in not new in the state but it had majorly been out of practice for some years now
Slaves experimented on by ‘father of gynaecology’: A call to acknowledge their past
Young black girls were branded breeders in mid-1850s and forced to undergo torture in the form gynaecological experiments
Why it’s so difficult to end female genital mutilation
Knowledge of local culture crucial, argues author of Global Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls
Women water activists gather in Kathmandu to exchange notes
About 100 women from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe attend the first Women and Rivers Congress
About 23 per cent girls drop out of school on reaching puberty
The report emphasises the need to normalise menstruation by looking at behaviour, infrastructure, politics and perception
BJD says 33% of its Lok Sabha candidates will be women
A third of the candidates from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be women, party chief and Odisha Chief Minister …
Why women in economics have little to celebrate
Twenty five years ago around half of the students studying Year 12 economics were female. Today it is only a third.
The story of 114 Odisha villages becoming child-marriage free begins with a small victory in Rugudipali
The villagers have also created an enabling environment for adolescents so that they can continue their education
Women workers release manifesto demanding changes at workplace
Women from different sectors come together to demand change in the current workplace environment to ensure no discrimination against women
World Cup 2023 will boost women’s sports. But does it make financial sense?
Governments may not be in mood to spend on sports events when COVID-19 recovery is plunging budgets into deficits
International Day of Rural Women: A day in the life of a tribal woman farmer in Odisha
Anita Naik, a farmer living near Similipal National Park, has become an entrepreneur after turning to maize instead of leaving uplands fallow