Lifting the barriers

Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population

Advantage tamoxifen

A drug that has been around for years is now being considered as a possible weapon against breast cancer

All in a day's work

For women in the hill area of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, life is not easy. They have to wear the skin off their knuckles to scrape together a living

Fighting it out

Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce

A mother's love

A childless woman's search for emotional fulfilment through planting and nurturing saplingsby Malini Shankar

Stillborn in Africa: UN pegs number at a million every year

Situation has worsened in 2 decades, may slip further due to COVID-19 pandemic, warns Unicef report

130 women leaders steal the limelight at UN climate show

With women and girls on the frontline of climate change, women leaders representing 54 nations met in New York to call on global leaders gathered …

2024 Lok Sabha polls: With almost 50% electorate, women voters to drive elections this year

In recent times, women-based welfare schemes have played a major role in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh polls

What is in the Union Budget 2021-22 for children? Not much

The budget continues to deprive pregnant women, lactating mothers and children from vital benefits of schemes and interventions 

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Is society’s silence on menstruation aggravating mental health issues?

It’s high time period education be placed at forefront to promote gender equality and empower next generation of women

Community embraces tech & traditional agri practices to revive waterbodies in Madhya Pradesh’s Sahariya villages

Once an arid landscape, Taparpura & Machakhurd in Shivpuri distirct have been transformed into lush green fields

Limited toilet access, unsanitary facilities may be behind high urinary incontinence burden in sub-Saharan African women

Study on 175 people in Kenya and Nigeria claims number could be as high as 1 in 5 women

Treating cervical cancer

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy can halve cervical cancer deaths among women

Women at work

Women in workforce: Low participation majorly due to gender discrimination, says new Oxfam report

Participation rate for women fell to 25% in 2021 from 43% in 2004-05

India’s tribal village infrastructure in a shambles

75% without access to healthcare, 51% without PDS, 52% without piped water

Contraceptive chaos

Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use

Too big for the Third World's pocket

Women engineers come to the forefront

Literacy as a yardstick of social health

Fencing in territory, fencing out inequality

... the Adivasi woman is no longer a silent observer of the issues bothering her for ages

Coffee brake

Life-span differences

Doesn't gel

Smoking hearts