Bengaluru ready for 107th India Science Congress

The event is a major focal point for scientists, researchers and academicians interested in various aspects of science discoveries and …

Hysterectomies are rising across India; and that is not good

Undergoing hysterectomy at younger ages can have adverse health impacts including osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases  

The world must not look away as the Taliban sexually enslaves women and girls

There must be no impunity for acts of sexual violence as part of a comprehensive approach to seeking sustainable peace, justice and national …

The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study

Around 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth

Is Artificial Intelligence excluding Indian women smartphone users?

Making the effort to create solutions that take a gender lens to solution design, can aid digital inclusion for Indian women

Smart tech will only work for women when the fundamentals for its uptake are in place

If we want to tackle the underlying causes of gender inequality, to build smart and innovate for change, then technology is good

The invisibility of gender in Indian agriculture

Why policy paralysis in granting entitlements to women in agriculture and farm widows needs to be addressed 

'Energy poverty hurts women'

Women's participation should be considered while making policy on access to energy and management, says an expert

Women in power

Women elected to panchayats in Karnataka and Rajasthan function in two ways: some live up to expectations and other succumb to the pressures

The fragmented heritage of Jotiba Phule

Social radical that he was, Phule's memory lives on, despite accusations that he was pro-British and casteist. But most of his followers are …

United, these survive, save and survive

A voluntary organisation is transforming the lifestyles of villagers by involving women in collective work. The men are also following suit, but …

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi-based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long-acting female contraceptives like Net-oen and Norplant-…

Redefining women's role in society

REFLECTIONS ON THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN INDIA: RELIGION,ECOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT Gabriele Dietrich Publisher: Horizon India Price: Rs 150

Killer on the tral

Migrating to another country may lower or raise chances of contracting breast cancer, reveals a new study

The battle of the sexes

Women of the Onge tribe of hunter-gatherers defend their age-old culture against assault from the mainlanders

Pickled power

Hill women, long deprived of any economic rights, have found their independent, confident voice in activities spurred by a welfare group

Environment's gender bias

WOMEN, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS A THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS Edited by Kosi Braidotti, Ewa Charkiewier, Sabina Hausler, …

Nets but no strings

An informal banking scheme designed to assist the fisherwomen of Kerala has gained momentum within its short period of operation

Panchayats' working women

Slowly but steadly, women elected to panchayats are asserting themselves and, in the process, giving a new thrust to grassroot governance

You take my heart away

When it comes to recieving hearts and kidneys, men do better than women. Women do better when it comes to donating organs

DIRTY SEX

Every 10 years, the census of India comes out with a damning statistic: the country's abysmal female-male ratio. As per the 2001 census, there …

Government welfare schemes slashed by half in 3 years

Women safety schemes, biodiversity, agricultural sector bear the brunt 

Simply Put: Women empowerment?

Irrational routes to science

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Osteoporosis connection

Timing of puberty can affect bone density