Tag: women empowerment
Feminists Speak Out In Solidarity With #MeToo
It’s almost a year now since the #metoo hashtag broke through whisper networks on sexual harassment and initiated a worldwide movement. While the initial...
Welspun India partners with UN Women to advocate Gender Equality
Welspun India has partnered with UN Women, subsidiary organ of the United Nations mandated to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women. The...
Empowering Rural Women: Our Greatest Tool For Development
Rural women make up over a quarter of the world’s population. October 15 is commemorated as the International day of Rural Women by the...
CSR: Indian Women In Extreme Adventure Sports
Women have always had to fight gender stereotypes. The girls are brought up to believe that they are not meant to do certain jobs....
95% of women are raped by people they know: Gul Panag, Actress, Activist and Campaigner
Gul Panag joined politics with the intention to change things. The first part of her political agenda was to fix India’s big problem of...
CSR: What Is Missing In Gender Equality Movements?
It is Women's Equality Day today. One of the most profound social transformations of the past century is the deep and broad shifts in...
India’s First Female SWAT Team Is ‘Goals’
Nearly 4 million people insist they are Indian but who now must prove their nationality as the politics of citizenship — overlaid with questions...
Handloom Saree As Tool of Empowerment For Weavers And Wearers
Indian weaving traditions have existed since time immemorial and have been a representation of the many unique sub-cultures within the country. With motifs, patterns,...
A Game Perpetuating Gender Equality
Mobile phones are an integral part of our life today. According to a study by mobileinsurance.com, an average person spends about 90 minutes every...
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs In India
Gender equality is still a dream for future in our country. Many powerful women have managed to rise in the patriarchal society we live...
Empowering Women With Paramedic Skills
According to Union Ministry of Health and Welfare Data, Healthcare sector in India is facing acute shortage of trained professionals. There has been a...
CSR: Empowering The Girl Child
It is important in today’s world for everyone to be independent and self reliant. With changing times, India is leaving its patriarchal society back...