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Children these days are smarter than we think they could be. They are also sensitive towards the issues they face or children at their age face when their rights are curbed. Children should be driving the change further to make this world a children-friendly place. This was one of the major points discussed at...

Investments in gender equality, and specifically those addressing violence against women, remain vastly insufficient in the in Asia-Pacific region. Globally, 1 in 3 women has experienced violence in their lifetime. In some Asia-Pacific countries, up to 70 per cent have suffered physical or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner.  Available studies in...

Absolute Return for Kids (Ark) is a non-profit organisation that works globally towards improving the learning outcomes of public education systems. Kruti Bharucha, Country Director, Ark in her 16-year long career has worked with McKinsey & Co., The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In an interview with The CSR Journal, Bharucha talks about...

Part II of IV - Two Silver Bullets After describing the gravity and magnitude of the water scarcity in the first part, Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group shares the precipitating factors that have led to water scarcity. In this article which is the second of the four part series on water scarcity, Ghosh digs the...

Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has extended its support to 'Muktashala'- a residential facility to restore the educational rights of 80 tribal children of migrant workers at Mahad in Raigad district of Maharashtra. The initiative of the facility is aimed to emphasise and uplift the society through constructing and supporting sustainable solutions...

Bajaj V by Bajaj Auto launched an initiative titled ‘Invincible Indians: Stories that Invoke Pride Everyday’ on Tuesday. The initiative aims to uncover stories of ordinary Indians who by their resolve and determination performed extraordinary acts in the service of society. In the initial phase, five Indians from different parts of India were felicitated in...

‘Divyang’, ‘differently-abled’ or ‘specially-abled’ are the terms we often use for persons with disabilities (PwD). But do we consider them and their reactions before addressing them with these words? Though we may intend good, we may end up hurting their feelings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last year coined the term ‘divyang’ and suggested to use...

December 1 is observed as World Aids Day since 1988. It is dedicated towards the global fight against Aids Pandemic caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. India is home to 2.1 million people living with HIV stands third globally out of 36.7 million people worldwide. The global fight against HIV has witnessed many different...

Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major impediment in the way of eradication of the disease. In spite of several campaigns and awareness drives the number of people living with HIV in India is substantial. Although African countries dominate the list of top 10 nations with highest AIDS rates in the world, India ranks third,...

Time and again, our school education system has been receiving flak. A recent survey conducted in Mumbai considering 800 people reaffirm the concern of parents about the current academic system. Parents are losing faith in the prevailing education system as 75% admit to alienation of school learning from the real and practical world, a study...

While we talk quite passionately about Right to Education for every child, an important factor usually takes a backseat in the list of priorities. Requisite infrastructure and staff with adequate quality standards often lag behind in education system. It was Universal Children’s Day on Sunday, November 20 and India too recently celebrated Indian Children’s Day...

n the stir of demonetisation, ICICI Bank will be transforming 100 villages into ICICI Digital Villages. This is part of the digital ecosystem across the country, including rural India, in the wake of demonetisation of high value currencies. Villages spread across the length and breadth of the country will enable villagers to use digital channels for banking and...