Women & Child Welfare
Women are underrepresented in environmental decision-making: UN Women
Women and men, in all their diversities, interact with the environment differently. For instance, evidence shows that climate change has gender differentiated impacts, employment data indicate that women rely on natural resources more than men do, and literature is plentiful on the disproportionate barriers women face to own assets, the absence of which can...
Women’s Day: De Beers extends CSR partnership with WomEng in host countries for engaging 10,000 girls and women in STEM
This International Women’s Day, De Beers Group is proud to announce it has extended its partnership with WomEng for a further three years, expanding the reach to cover all four of the countries where De Beers discovers diamonds and placing a greater focus on supporting women and girls to pursue careers in sustainability-related fields.
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CSR of Sunpower Renewables to empower women in over 100 villages through solar-powered electricity
It is estimated that around 30% of households live in energy poverty, which limits a woman’s access to education and economic opportunities while exposing them to health risks from a lack of access to clean cooking solutions with exposure to pollution from using wood, coal or charcoal for cooking and heating. This is a...
International Women’s Day: Simona Haiduc from Opportunity International Talks About Financial Inclusion of Women in Developing Countries
“Women’s rights are a human rights issue. Everyone must work to help achieve equal rights for women,” says Dr Farzana Khan, Head of Programs, Operation PeaceMaker, My Choices Foundation. On this International Women’s Day, in an exclusive interaction with The CSR Journal, Simona Haiduc, Opportunity International's Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships elaborates on the...
Women’s Day 2022 – 5 Indian Women Breaking Stereotypes
On the eve of International Women's Day 2022, meet 5 women who in a decidedly gender unequal world, are exemplifying how to defy glass ceilings and lead empowered and inspiring lives. With their work and their lives, they are showing us how we can come together to #BreakTheBias, which happens to be the campaign...
Bollywood actress Yami Gautam joins hands with Purplle to support sexual assault victims
According to the 2019 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a rape happens every 16 minutes in India. This Women’s Day Yami Gautam joins hands with Purplle.com to champion a cause and raise funds for the victims of rape and sexual assault, helping them transform from victims to survivors with partners.
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Meet 3 women who are making a difference in women empowerment
In the Mahabharata, the wife of the Pandavas, Draupadi had to face all forms of inequality. This shows that women were treated lower than men. The ideal mindset of the society was to make the girl-child marry at a very young age. However, this state of affairs was weird and different as, on one hand,...
Foram Nagori, Head-CSR, Tata Power Elaborates on Women Empowerment driving Socio-economic growth in India
Tata Power has always envisioned that women empowerment is fundamental in driving a country's socio-economic growth. In line with this is the company's flagship CSR initiative 'Anokha Dhaaga' that aims to uplift the livelihood of underprivileged community women by making them financially independent. Elaborating on the initiative, shedding light on the CSR of the...
National Science Day 2022: Four Women in Science from Tata Chemicals talk about Participation of Women in Science
Women are pioneering groundbreaking research all throughout the world. Despite their outstanding findings, women account for only 33.3% of all researchers worldwide, and their work is rarely recognised. Women have received less than 4% of Nobel Prizes in science.
As the world races towards a future beset by climate change and resource shortages, the scientific...
Child Care NGOs should Shift from Intervention to Prevention to Strengthen the Child Welfare System
India’s child welfare system faces some unique challenges, because of the sheer size of the demographics, among other factors. According to the 2011 Census, about 13.12 per cent of the population is in the age group of 0-6 years, while 30.76 per cent of the population is in the age group of 0-14 years.
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An Initiative to Prevent C-Section Deaths in Developing Nations
In low- and middle-income nations, maternal fatalities after caesarean sections are 100 times higher than in high-income ones, with up to a third of all newborns dying, according to a review published in The Lancet. The review titled 12 million pregnancies has considered 196 studies from 67 low- and middle-income countries.
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CSR, Gov can drive sustainable child health: Experts
Top experts stressed the important role Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by companies can play in supporting child health projects, especially at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the delivery of child health across the country. They underscored the urgent need to invest in strengthening health systems for safeguarding child health,...
