Women & Child Welfare

Climate activist Greta Thunberg today launched a child rights driven campaign with Danish NGO Human Act to support UNICEF’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from its direct and knock-on consequences. These include food shortages, strained healthcare systems, violence and lost education. “Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis,” said...

After covering the two P’s – Periods and Pedestals, my third article is on Parity. Like most of the important things in life, parity too begins at home. While I took the liberty of saying that it begins at home but by “home” I actually mean it in the broader sense of society. The parity...

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, India’s healthcare systems are heavily burdened to provide care to patients suffering from coronavirus, testing populations for the virus and other allied services. Many facilities have been turned into dedicated COVID 19 centres to curb the spread of the virus; it means fewer facilities for other service delivery...

The health and economic consequences of COVID-19 have highlighted the critical need to support vulnerable populations, many of whom are disproportionately impacted. In this time of global crisis, Mastercard has expanded its worldwide commitment to financial inclusion, pledging to bring a total of 1 billion people and 50 million micro and small businesses into...

In its report released on 7th April, ILO estimates 40 crore unorganised sector workers will be pushed deeper into poverty due to the lockdown and containment plans of the government. This is further expected to impact the health, nutrition, development, and future possibilities of an estimated 5.6 crore children under six years of age....

Women are blessed with a unique ability, i.e. to give birth. A woman nurtures her child in her womb for nine months, puts her body through a lot of misery in form of sickness, labour pain, and so on; hoping to deliver a healthy baby with safety. However, this does not always go in...

By Vieshaka Dutta, Director, Inclusion & Diversity, Publicis Sapient The International Women’s Day 2020's theme, Each for Equal prompted corporates to take the opportunity to celebrate the women workforce and discuss equality at workplaces. A large section of society, mostly women, also celebrate this day with flair. We find a not so small group of...

The world, in an effort to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, has been observing social distancing while staying at home. While the lockdown has resulted in declining of the economy and impacted the mental health of many, it has also given rise to the issue of gender-based violence. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reported that...

No, I do not intend to discuss politics. I will stick to my commitment of keeping the conversations around Gender Neutrality going and growing. If you have read my book We-Men@Work , you already know that I love wordplay. I feel that every word has much more to offer than just what it stands for....

Credit Suisse, as part of its CSR initiatives in India, will join forces with Barefoot College International (BCI) to form a three-year partnership that supports BCI’s ‘Women Prosper Initiative’ (WPI) empowering women with the necessary skills to build resilient and prosperous rural communities. The focus of WPI is to address intergenerational rural poverty by harnessing...

Global Economy has been plummeting since last year because of trade wars, protectionist policies as well as fluctuation in oil prices. Adding to this, the Coronavirus outbreak has led the stock markets across the world to crash drastically, leaving the industry, workforce as well as the citizens in huge worry. The revival of the economy...

Children are the future of our country. Their health, happiness and safety are of utmost importance. The government of India is taking various measures to ensure that children feel safe, get the best of education and are not exploited. The recently amended POCSO Act has brought many activities under the ambit of law and...