SEWA helps working women gain confidence

Where Women Are Leaders -- The SEWA Movement In India Kalima Rose . Publisher: Sage (Vistaar) Publications, Delhi . Price: Rs.225 (hb); Rs.100 (pb)

Women panchayat presidents are no rubber-stamp leaders

Of the 12,619 Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu, one-third or nearly 4,200 panchayats are headed by women -- following the 73rd amendment to the …

Living the report

Book>> Waves in the Hinterland, The Journey of a Newspaper • by Farah Naqvi, Zubaan Books/Nirantar • Rs 3

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study

Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …

People’s agenda for coastal, river erosion: Local climate efforts need not be stalled for want of global action

While rehabilitating coastal communities, special attention must be given to traditional and customary rights of fishing communities over coastal …

Hard work pays

Hard manual labour may actually reduce the risk of breast cancer in women

Sub-Saharan Africa might need nearly a century to achieve gender parity: Global Gender Gap Report

Gender equality in the region may not be fully realised until 2125

Environmental crusader Sugathakumari of Silent Valley fame dies

She died following complications from COVID-19

Women voters are louder than ever and that’s because of poll panel, quota: Experts

In these Lok Sabha elections, women voters outnumbered men in 13 states

Labour Day: 10 worrying signs from the world at its youngest

A few points on the state of works in the world

Ladies of the lake

Menace at work

UNITED NATIONS

Daddy's girl

MALAR miracle

From literacy to economic independence

Sugar-coated menace

Researchers link aerated drinks to diabetes in women

Shun simplification

Giving women a voice in water user bodies does not necessarily empower them

Gandhian social worker Indu Tikekar passes away

Nutrition challenge

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

Over 18 million kids at e-waste dumpsites face threat of health hazards: WHO

Kids as young as five years, more than 12.9 million women work at e-waste dumpsites in low- and middle-income countries every year

Vietnam farmer to receive award for fight against climate change

Pham Thi Huan has helped women switch to duck raising for egg production after cultivating rice proved to be difficult in …

Lok Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill with two-thirds majority

It will grant 33 per cent seats to women in the Lok Sabha as well as state assemblies, once it becomes law  

PM Modi launches Jal Jeevan Mission App on Gandhi Jayanti

In a virtual meeting with members of ‘Paani Samitis’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the Jal Jeevan Mission