Women & Child Welfare
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,...
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...
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...
YES Foundation and HPPI join hands to train underprivileged women to start and run nano enterprises
YES Foundation and Humana People to People India (HPPI) launched the DISHA training programme to help marginalised women in rural areas set up and...
Meet Padma Shri Awardee Prabhaben Shah Who spent her Life in Improving that of others
It requires more than resources to be a philanthropist. Padma Shri awardee Prabhaben Shah from Daman proved that by spending her life providing for...
Asia Dialogues forum says Diversity and Inclusion must be connected to eventual business outcomes
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...
Woes of Female Scientists and Researchers as Experienced by Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Both science and gender equality are critical for achieving internationally accepted development goals, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the last...
CSR: Vitamin Angels India and OmniActive Health Technologies Partner to Combat Malnutrition in Maharashtra
Despite the progress in recent years through POSHAN Abhiyaan, Vitamin A deficiency continues to pose a major public health challenge and remains a primary...
Best Practices: Odisha’s Approach to Women Empowerment
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...
Jobs for women in rural India affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Since June 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down in India yet business has been restarting slowly. Recent studies show that women from low-income...
National Girl Child Day: Women Philanthropists Proving the Ability of an Empowered Girl Child to Give Back to the Society
Every year on January 24, India commemorates National Girl Child Day. The day is observed to raise awareness about a girl child's rights and...
Gen Z woman entrepreneur launches new campaign to empower homemakers
24-year-old Anamika Pandey, an engineer from Uttar Pradesh, dropped out of MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business to pursue a...