Women & Child Welfare

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,...

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...

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...

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. On...

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. From 1990 to 2017,...

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,...

YES Foundation and Humana People to People India (HPPI) launched the DISHA training programme to help marginalised women in rural areas set up and run their own nano enterprises. Over three years, the DISHA programme will skill and counsel over 36,000 women in Rajasthan in entrepreneurship and business development, enhancing the pool of livelihood...

It requires more than resources to be a philanthropist. Padma Shri awardee Prabhaben Shah from Daman proved that by spending her life providing for the vulnerable. Prabhaben was 12 years old when Mahatma Gandhi in 1942, at a Congress Session in Bombay launched the Quit India Movement. Prabhaben pledged to help the freedom struggle and...

Asia’s first and largest network of thought leaders, has launched 'Asia Dialogues’ with a Diversity and Inclusion event. Asia Dialogues is a forum that intends to build conversations on topics of urgent and immediate focus for the Asian region by bringing people together for progressive discussions on issues important for Asian businesses, governments, media...

Both science and gender equality are critical for achieving internationally accepted development goals, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the last few decades, the international community has worked hard to inspire and engage women and girls in science. Despite this, women and girls are still barred from fully participating in science. In...

Despite the progress in recent years through POSHAN Abhiyaan, Vitamin A deficiency continues to pose a major public health challenge and remains a primary cause of childhood blindness and a contributor to malnutrition in India. The problem is particularly acute in hard to reach, socio-economically challenged areas where there is lack of awareness about...

Odisha has been empowering its women very effectively under the Mission Shakti women empowerment program. Let us see how. What is Mission Shakti Women Empowerment Program? Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister, devised the Mission Shakti strategy to empower women. However, the government has begun to create work possibilities solely for women in various government departments, giving...