gender equality
India’s Failure in Implementing the Gender Equality SDG
The NITI Aayog’s recently released SDG India Index has highlighted India’s poor performance in the realm of gender equality. Even… Read More
Women and Health: Concerns during COVID-19
Apart from exposing the glaring gaps in our healthcare system, the COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted the need for a… Read More
Fighting Patriarchy: Challenges and Way Forward
Patriarchy is a malaise that women and men have suffered since ages, sometimes knowingly and most times, unknowingly. It has… Read More
Gender Gaps in Agriculture: Invisible Role of Women
“Female labour force participation rate across India from 1990 to 2019 has been declining. In the last decade, it has… Read More
Murky and Gendered Singlehood: Tales of Single Women in India
“As a single parent, I juggle parenting and being a single bread winner on a daily basis. It is a… Read More
Under the Shadow of a Pandemic: Gender, Employment and Migration
Gendered impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been poorly understood due to the absence of sex disaggregated data. Certainly these… Read More
India Requires Independent Gender Monitoring Unit
The plight of gender inequity in India is scarcely a secret. The country, like most of the world, is plagued… Read More
Gender Gaps and Gender Equality: Why it Matters?
Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. However, gender inequality persists… Read More
COVID-19: ‘Double Burden’ on Working Women
Over the years, the status of Indian women has been subjected to many changes. In Vedic times women enjoyed a… Read More
State of Child Sex Ratio and Gender Equality in India
Women are seen as nurturers and the providers of emotional caretaking, and men are considered providers of economic support. Despite… Read More