To empower girls in India, make gender education compulsory
By Urvashi Sahni Schools are powerful sites for change and social transformation. As the founder of the Study Hall Foundation’s (SHEF) Prerna School—a K-12 school for girls and […]
Month: December 2018
India Report Card 2018: Where India stands among other countries in bad loans, peace level and happiness
Where does India stand in an international forum? From sports to politics, here’s a complete list of surveys. ear 2018 is coming to an end […]
Still in the shadows: do Indian women have basic health rights?
By Archana Datta How enriched are Indian women in terms of vital health parameters? India is still a land of missing women. A study, in 2011, […]
The myth surrounding the urban Indian woman
By Kritika Shah New Delhi: Much frenzy has been created around India’s declining female labour force. In 2017, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimated this […]
Is Indian agriculture an asset or a liability?
By Debashish Mitra The total NPA”s in the country is estimated to be over Rs 10 lakh crores…of which the farm sector is approximately only Rs […]
India ranks 108th in WEF gender gap index; scores third-lowest on health
By Indivjal Dhasmana India’s gender gap stagnates, wage parity improves New Delhi: India made no improvement in the overall gender gap ranking by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in […]
Elections 2019: India Shining 2.0 surfaces in Rural India
By Sayantan Bera With barely a few months to go for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the question across political party lines is: what can really be […]
Agriculture Cooperation Between India & Turkey On Farm products
By Tooba Maher Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Ms. Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkish Trade Minister. The meeting was held for […]
2018 was a landmark year for gender rights in India. But it’s ending on a bitter note
By Maria Thomas 2018 was a big year for gender rights in India. From landmark supreme court judgments to the #MeToo movement, the country took several […]
Remembering India’s Contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By Miloon Kothari Indian representatives were masterfully able to verbalise and transpose lessons learnt from decades of the freedom struggle. The United Nations was born in […]