Women & Child Welfare
Gender inequality in the context of food insecurity
An estimated 789 million people, 11% of the world’s population, are undernourished. If trends persist, the goal of ending hunger by 2030 will be...
3M partners with Reliance Smart to promote girl child education
To strengthen their commitment to support early-stage education to the girl child, 3M India has come up with a unique program in partnership with...
‘Our society is still not equipped to provide equal opportunity to women’: Durga Sakthi Nagpal, OSD to the Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister...
Bureaucrat, civil servant and officer in the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the IAS, Durga Sakthi Nagpal is a role model for young girls today....
CSR: Securing The Future of Working Women
The future of the female workforce is at risk of unemployment because of various developments in the technological sector. In order to ensure that...
CSR: The Future of Women Workforce
There is a growing acceptance in the world regarding the necessity of women’s economic empowerment to drive global growth and sustainability. However, the future of women...
Corporates can lead, when it comes to eradicating child labour
The number of child workers in India has dropped for the first time in 20 years (4.3 million as compared to 12.6 million child...
CSR: Fight to Eliminate Child Labour
June 12 has been recognised as the World Day Against Child Labour across the world. Child labour is a cruel yet highly prevalent practice...
Canada Is Now the Largest Funder of Women’s Rights Organizations in the World
Canada is committing $330 million to women’s rights organizations and gender equality in Canada and across the globe, making the country the top investor...
India Falls Under ‘Very Poor’ Category in SDG Gender Index
India has secured 95th rank in the first-ever SDG Gender Index, which measures strides made in achieving gender commitments against internationally set targets. The...
Liferay’s Employee Volunteer Program Builds Sensory Playscape for Specially Abled Children
Liferay’s latest effort to create a fair and equitable society is being practised through its Employee Volunteer Program (EVP) by which Liferay India has...
CSR: No Rent for Womb
The government of India has banned commercial surrogacy by passing The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 which makes payment for surrogacy a punishable offence. Commercial...
India’s Stand on Domestic Violence
Women have always been advised by the conservatives that they should stay at home rather than stepping out for their safety. Home is considered...