Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa
The goal of family planning programmes is not to hit population targets but to empower women so they can choose the number of children they will …
World Health Day: ‘Enable all rural Indian girls to avail education, regardless of categories’
In states like Rajasthan, pre-matric scholarships are restricted to socially disadvantaged populations and sums vary across categories, which …
IIM fee hike: What are the consequences
Fee hike in unregulated IIMs and the lack of it in regulated institutions elucidate a grave concern. Did the autonomy play a significant role in …
Budget 2020-21: Why it’s high time for a thorough revamp of our child budget
India's allocation for children has been remained a paltry 3.3% for some time now. Here's why we need more
NMC Bill protestors divided: Resident doctors call off strike, IMA calls for another
While resident doctors are content on being assured to be consulted, the IMA insists on continuing the protest
COVID-19: School closure takes a toll on differently abled kids, say experts
Lack of physical interaction with teachers and peers has stunted socio-emotional development of such children, claim counsellors
Road to 2030: Leaders at UN meet call for renewed commitment to eradicate poverty
Sluggish progress in poverty eradication derails other SDGs, including those related to hunger and malnutrition, health, education & climate …
How important is basic infrastructure in securing livelihoods of Adivasis
A significant proportion of poverty in backward areas is due to a gap in basic infrastructure and its deficiency
Union Budget 2022-23: More funds for children‘s education but what is the priority?
Education budget for children seems to have missed an opportunity to reverse the negative impact of pandemic on children
Waking up to the horrors of child labour
Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions
Tears and the drama aside, the message survives
Prabhat Roy's award-winning Shwet Paatharer Thala is a tear-jerker, which nevertheless effectively preaches the lesson of family welfare.
Poverty alleviation: investment or mere sop?
After successive reductions, can increased allocations for rural development, agriculture, education and health be effective?
Sensitive economics
Anil Agarwal's article, "The poverty of Amartya Sen", publised in the December 15, 1999 issue of Down To Earth , has drawn a number of …
In AID(S) of the dying
To tackle the killer disease ravaging South Africa, the government's health policy will have to undergo a drastic change
Rat chronicles
The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …
Demand charter from children for education, health sectors
Report>>Ensuring Universal Access To Health and Education in India, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, Delhi 2007
Scholarships alone are not enough to get more qualified female teachers into Nigeria’s schools
UNICEF estimates that over half of all girls are not in school in the north while under a third of all primary school teachers are women
How an English-medium school near Sunderbans is helping children understand climate change
The school has introduced environmental pedagogy and vocational training to prepare them for alternative livelihood options
Has Dharavi Model made us lose sight of its real problems
COVID-19 pandemic will pass one day. But what about hunger, unemployment, loss of education and stigma
Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps
Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare
Infant mortality, youth unemployment among top exclusion factors in North Africa
Political instability and conflict have contributed significantly to exacerbate inequalities among some regions
Modi’s burden of civilising rural India
Our prime minister’s recognition of ‘uncivilised’ state of rural India means he should be spending more on ‘civilising&…
Messiahs to rural folk
A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work
Enable the poor
Book>> Challenging the injustice of poverty • by Rehman Sobhan • sage • Rs 699
Transitioning classes into electronic gadgets: Life of students in lockdown
The idea of using digital technologies to teach students from homes was introduced to continue with education and overcome mental stress and anxiety