Women & Child Welfare

John F. Kennedy had said, “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” Children of today will shape the world of tomorrow. This makes the job of raising them a very crucial one. It is imperative to provide the right upbringing and education to the children to ensure that...

"There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is impossible for a bird to fly on only one wing", said Swami Vivekananda in the 19th Century. Today, in the 21st Century, improving the socio-economic status of women does not seem to be a prophecy...

According to India Against Cancer, in India, one woman dies of cervical cancer every 8 minutes. For every 2 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, one woman dies of it. Around 2.25 million people are estimated living with cancer disease in India. Over 11, 57,294 lakh new cancer patients are registered every year. About 784,821...

ITM Institute of Hotel Management at both their campus i.e. Navi Mumbai and Mumbai campus celebrated International Chef’s Day and World Food Day by preparing and serving food along with acclaimed Chefs from the Industry to the children from Premdan orphanage, Kharghar, St. Catherine Orphan Home, Spark-A-Change Foundation, and Schools on Wheels, Mumbai. The students...

चुनावी जंग में आंकड़ों का खेल बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण होता है, इस लोकतंत्र के सबसे बड़े त्यौहार में महाराष्ट्र में 24 विधायकों का आंकड़ा बेहद दिलचस्प है, ये आंकड़ा है महिला विधायकों का, अब इस आंकड़ें को आप सकारात्मक लें या नकारात्मकता ये व्यक्तिगत विवेक पर है लेकिन अब तक महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा में 24...

In the lower foothills of the Himalayas, local women do their best to earn a living in agriculture and handicraft. Like Gopuli Devi, who works at Kumaun Grameen Udyog, partner of Women on Wings. Living the rustic life Gopuli says she's somewhere ‘in her early forties’. She was not registered at birth, like many people in...

Girl Effect is a creative non-profit working to support girls through adolescence and empower them to make positive choices so they can reach their potential. Founded by the Nike Foundation in 2004, Girl Effect is now an independent organisation working from nine global locations and active in over 50 countries. Using a unique understanding of...

The increasing access to affordable data service has given rise to cyber-bullying. Across the world, young children, in particular teenagers, being the most vulnerable have been victims of this faceless evil. One in every three young people has reported being a victim of cyberbullying, according to a survey conducted by UNICEF in as many...

A recently released Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) survey shows that 35% of Indian children under five are stunted, 17% are wasted and 33 per cent are underweight. Only 42% of children (6 to 23 months) are fed at an adequate frequency and only 21% are fed an adequately diverse diet. Timely complementary feeding...

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 the world, according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released on October 15, 2019. The index has stated that around 90 per cent of children aged between 6 and 23 months...

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 today do not face as much struggle or prejudice in pursuing the career of their dreams as they did two or three decades before. This has been possible because of...

Discrimination against girls in India has been going on for ages now.  Even today, there are several sections of the Indian society where the girl child is treated as a burden. While several privileges are given to the boys; girls are often restricted to the confines of the house and given very little or...