Women & Child Welfare
India’s Performance in Global Hunger Index
The rate of child wasting in India increased by 4.3 per cent, placing the country at the top spot among all the countries of...
C. B. Muthamma – The First Woman Diplomat of India
Women today are seen in every sector. Professions that were conventionally considered to be ‘men’s jobs’ are now crowded with women. The women of...
Girl Force: Unscripted and unstoppable
Discrimination against girls in India has been going on for ages now. Even today, there are several sections of the Indian society where the...
International Day of the Girl 2019: Educational Stats
We are taking stock of where India stands in education of the girl child on the International Day of the Girl today. In 2010,...
Jindal Aluminium Limited Empowers Women to Pursue a Career in Science
Jindal Aluminium Limited (JAL) has developed a state-of-the-art hostel for women at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, to aid women in their journey...
Micron Technology and The Akshaya Patra Foundation Announce Strategic Partnership
The Micron Foundation, the non-profit arm of Micron Technology, is pleased to announce its partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide wholesome mid-day...
Malnutrition in All Its Forms
India is facing nutrition paradox. While on one hand there are children who suffer from the effects of undernutrition, there are other children who...
How Child Rights Came To Be
In the industrialized countries of the early twentieth century, there were no standards of protection for children. It was common for them to work...
Importance of Female Board Representation
A new study published in the Harvard Business Review has said that the corporate boards that include women are more likely to exercise a beneficial, moderating...
Availability and Accessibility to Safe Abortion Methods for Women
Medical abortion (MA) has emerged as the preferred method of abortion care in India. In fact, about 81% of the 15.6 million annual abortions...
How Navratri appreciates female empowerment
When I think of the Durga puja celebrations, the most indelible in my memory is the grand one I saw in the film 'Kahani'....
Five Ways Businesses Can Participate in Combating Gender Based Violence
In 2018, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described violence against women and girls as a “global pandemic” and “a mark of shame on all our...