Women & Child Welfare

A recently released Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) survey shows that 35% of Indian children under five are stunted, 17% are wasted and 33...

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...

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...

Discrimination against girls in India has been going on for ages now.  Even today, there are several sections of the Indian society where the...

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 (JAL) has developed a state-of-the-art hostel for women at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, to aid women in their journey...

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...

India is facing nutrition paradox. While on one hand there are children who suffer from the effects of undernutrition, there are other children who...

In the industrialized countries of the early twentieth century, there were no standards of protection for children. It was common for them to work...

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...

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...

When I think of the Durga puja celebrations, the most indelible in my memory is the grand one I saw in the film 'Kahani'....