The others too

The MeToo campaign comes at a time when women are being courted for electoral gains. Is it good or bad?

Women key players in ending hunger, poverty

As rural women are an integral part of the agrarian economy, they are important in the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

In Africa, burden of water labour still lies on women

Over 14 million women and 3 million children spend more than 30 minutes collecting water in sub-Saharan Africa  

“My room used to be full of used napkins”

A Muruganatham, 47, of Coimbatore, invented a machine that makes 1,000 sanitary napkins daily. He also improvised a vending machine that can …

NGOs launch new war -- against deforestation

Non-governmental organisations in Ethiopia are working to create awareness among rural communities to protect the country's forest cover

Jobs define female power in the home

FORMS OF PRODUCTION AND WOMENS'S LABOUR - GENDER ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIALISATION IN INDIA AND MEXICO I S A Baud Publisher: Sage Publications, New …

Amnesty portrays India's warts in detail

HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA -- THE UPDATED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT Amnesty International . Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi . Price: Rs 135

New aspects to reporting Third World women

THE POWER TO CHANGE: WOMEN IN THE THIRD WORLD REDEFINE THEIR ENVIRONMENT Women's Feature Service . Publisher: Kali For Women, New Delhi . Price: …

From a woman's point of view

ASIAN AND PACIFIC WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND ACTION SERIES: ENVIRONMENT Edited by Susanna George et al Publisher: Asian and Pacific Development Centre, …

People's forests

A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept

Gender bender

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

Health wise

Arunachal Pradesh wakes up to the fact that women's health is the key to overall societal well-being

Burn baby burn

The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war maimed US soldiers as well. A first hand account

Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers — here’s how the US could reduce their risk

Studies show 80% of Mexican and Mexican American women farmworkers in US have experienced some form of sexual harassment at work

Occupational heat exposure doubles risk of miscarriages or stillbirths

Most heat-exposed workers had urogenital symptoms, which might be associated with pregnancy-related complications

Integral role of women in waste management

Having gender inclusion into waste management policymaking can lead to more comprehensive and inclusive solutions

Successful project made women water entrepreneurs instead of water carriers

Example of project cited in report released at World Water Week in Stockholm recently

Reinventing climate action: Crucial to co-create with communities from India’s tropics

Smallholder agricultural landscapes of Global South offer extensive possibilities for nature-based solutions but need a paradigm shift to become …

Redefining gender issues and conservation

Women farmers in Uttarakhand are bearing the brunt of the monkey menace

Nirbhaya on stage

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Shooting up

Cancer in violence-torn J&K

The girl in Sierra Leone

Health gap widens between the poorest and the rest

Contra indicative

Depo-Provera leads to diabetes, says study