The clot and the pill

Women using latest versions of birth control pills stand a higher risk of developing blood clots

Matter of choice

The bene-fits of hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women outweigh its side-effects

Grassroots NGOs by women for women

Book>> Grassroots ngos by Women for Women by Femida Handy, Meenaz Kassam, Suzanne Feeney, Bhagyashree Ranade

India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women

Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members

Maternal committees in Madhya Pradesh: Beginning of decentralised nutrition governance

The December 2, 2020 state order endows Sahyogini Matru Samitis with authority to monitor implementation of ICDS, fix accountability of service …

Access to justice still elusive for women

A UN report says 35 per cent women in India face physical violence

Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime — here’s why it’s needed

UN data shows that, on average, five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family

Extreme heat affects Indian women more than men, says new study

As we talk more about climate change, the question of climate justice and equity will take centre stage

Feeding Africa: How small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

Small-scale irrigation can improve nutritional outcomes in several important ways

Cameroon can set path to climate-resilient economy with prompt reforms: World Bank

Nearly 2 million people in Cameroon live in drought-affected areas

Can uterus control the brain too?

A study shows that hysterectomy causes memory loss in patients

Sharing love's labour

Why should women always take on the burden of contraception medications, and not men?

Women's cancers: curable for the rich, often a death sentence for the poor

Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live in poor countries

His country still

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Seize the freshness

Kerala self-help groups make medicinal oil, chutney powder from flesh of coconut

CENSUS: A nation of 1.21 billion

The niece's tale

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Third World women want smaller families

Student teaches gree

Scarred by violence and fundamentalism

1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.

Is ecology a constraint on female literacy?

Life beyond the pale

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Time for Green from the ground up

The show is over. It's time to stop talking and get down to work

Controlling "human hens"

Sweeping injustices