The female gaze
Know your onions!
JFM panels empowered
Malefactor
Sharing knowledge
Back to school
In Short
A great sweep
Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village
Human touch in credit
The growth of a women's group that moved from being a savings unit to a social voice
Success in a fistful of rice
Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought
Agricultural land rights for women
Also, share in joint family property; new bill passed
From the blurbs
Mother's little helper
Emic perspective of Indian food reveals untold stories of migrant labourers, women, cattle
Food anthropologist Ishita Dey on how migrant labourers adapt their diets during their long train journeys and how sugar is key even in a more …
Toilet-rich, water-poor
Santosh Devi, a former sarpanch, says attaining total sanitation for her village was easier than ensuring clean and sweet water
Fertility in 91 countries insufficient to maintain population: study
The baby bust in 91 countries, including Singapore, Spain, Portugal and South Korea is happening simultaneous to a baby boom in 104 countries, …
A void that cannot be filled: SEWA founder Ela Bhatt dies in Ahmedabad
Ela Bhatt founded SEWA in 1972, which has since blazed a trail in empowering women in various ways
Women have always trailed men in research output: How COVID made the situation worse
A survey of public varsities in South Africa showed female academics faced a massive burden of caring for dependants during the pandemic
International Women’s Day: Why 2021 shines bright for gender parity at parliaments in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the 48 countries around the world that held parliamentary elections in 2021, women candidates won 28.6% of the new seats
Women power: Uttarakhand village women revive dry springs, end water woes
With the help of experts and through the community, they found a solution to their hardships
Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia
Abiy is the 12th winner from Africa to be awarded the prize. Last year it was won by medical doctor Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of …
World Human Rights Day: Is an India free of witch-hunts possible
Cases of witch-branding have been reported from 12 states in India; some 2,300 ‘witches’ were murdered between 1999 and 2003
Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother’s immune system not to attack developing fetus
How does the immune system generally learn what to attack and what not to attack? A study tries to find out
Progress in SDG indicators still not up to the mark: WHO
The report also notes discrepancies in life expectancy among rich and poor nations, men and women and suggests five key actions to improve global …
Female genital mutilation leads to over 40,000 excess deaths in Africa annually: Research
The practice still remains legal in five of the 28 countries where it is most practiced namely Mali, Malawi, Chad, Sierra Leone, and Liberia