women empowerment

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, via video conferencing, inaugurated the 108th Indian Science Congress. This year the congress is being organised at the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, which is also celebrating its…
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A woman dressed in Saree, which is traditional attire, and running for a cause may sound odd for these times. However, breaking stereotypes, reviving craft and creating environment awareness, the Pardada Pardadi Educational Society…
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A second Onam not very far from home:16th September was nothing short of this for the 19 women behind Jasmine Kudumbashree, at Ayyaapankavu in Kochi. While forming the ayalkootam (neighbourhood group or NHG) under Kudumbashree…
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Although India was amongst the first few countries to create legal and policy frameworks guaranteeing access to abortion and contraception, women and girls continue to experience significant hurdles to full enjoyment of their reproductive…
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Recently, Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said, “There is a large section of females who by choice don’t apply or don’t work. So, how will we classify that? Will we classify it as unemployment?” The…
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It is now a known fact that the education of women and their involvement in developing community infrastructures and their wisdom and leadership are some of the most effective ways to address climate change. Nowhere, is this opportunity…
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developed by the United Nations in 2015 seek to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by addressing its shortcomings and working to further strengthen and sustain development efforts…
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In March this year, 30 students of nursing from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district got placed at various branches of Fortis Escort Hospitals in Delhi, Noida and Dehradun through the campus selection drive. It was a “prestigious…
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A 15-year-old girl lost her uterus due to unhealthy practices during menstruation, recalled Ankita Sharma, from the SBI Youth for India Fellowship 2017-18 October Cohort. “Ash, sand, rug, dirty cloth etc were used by adolescent…
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Women chauffeurs – a term that wasn’t even an idea in the minds of people became a reality when Meenu Vadera, a feminist and a social entrepreneur, pioneered the concept of ‘Women on Wheels’, in May 2008. Equipping resource-poor women…
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