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India’s social structure, with enduring gender inequalities rooted in patriarchal norms, plays a significant role in perpetuating gender-based violence (GBV). Women in India have been victims of infanticide, selective abortions, sex trafficking, stalking, dowry demands, child marriages, acid attacks, and honour killings. This brief explores the social dimension of GBV in India and assesses how gaps in legislation help to perpetuate them. It als

It is crucial that we tell our daughters of the countless armies of women who have raised their voices, who have raged, and fought, and sung.

Yemen is the cradle to the Arabs, Iraq their grave. So goes an Arab proverb. Since March 2003 Iraq has certainly been the grave of a great many Arabs ¿ men, women, and children caught in the crossfire of a conflict wantonly unleashed to sustain a misbegotten thesis.

Despite six months of Taliban’s catastrophic rule, the international community continues to turn a Nelson’s eye.

The most critical thing to do is to dream it and do it.

The female workforce in India is changing as younger women with higher levels of education enter the workforce

Care work, both paid and unpaid, is at the heart of most economies. The care sector comprises formal healthcare, childcare services, early childhood education, disability and long-term care, and eldercare. Two-thirds of care workers globally are women, and women and girls perform more than three-quarters of all unpaid care work. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the vulnerability of care workers and deepened the gender gap. This paper a

Research suggests that higher women’s participation in global value chains will prove to be economically beneficial for the world.

COP27 should strive to be a platform that keeps women at the heart of intergovernmental climate negotiations

Despite the suffusion of gender in almost all socio-cultural-economic-environmental endeavour, the gender lens to development needs to be interpreted

The gendered impacts of heatwaves and water scarcity in India underscore the urgent need for comprehensive strategies that prioritise the well-being a

Both India and the US seek to cooperate on the issue of Afghanistan as they share coinciding strategic national interests, including preventing Afgh

Why are there women behind the scenes but not in the discussion?

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission was launched in June 2011 to create institutional platforms for the rural poor, enabling them to increase household incomes through livelihood support and access to financial services. This brief evaluates the achievements of the programme in its first 10 years. It finds that the Mission has met with some successes in improving the lives of rural women, who are the backbone of the programme, and consequently

With the onset of the pandemic, the urban informal workforce in India has been hit hard by the ongoing livelihood crisis, especially women. This call

The world moulded by the Delhi Summit will be one of people-focused principles, and agile, trust-based partnerships

It is understood that not only gender equality suffers a setback when women leave the workforce, GDP suffers a blow as well

Feminist movements have historically lacked inclusivity, often growing within a limited Western upper-class psyche, based on their own challenges and needs. The digital revolution has paved the way for a new iteration of feminism. The digital space can bolster feminist activist movements by encouraging inclusion and improving accessibility in organising collective action. It also helps weave local stories with global narratives to highlight commo

Maternal nutrition impacts not only the woman’s health during pregnancy but also that of her newborn; the child’s health in their first 1,000 days of life, in turn, will influence outcomes during childhood. Indeed, maternal undernutrition is estimated to account for 20 percent of childhood stunting in India. It is therefore important to ensure that women enter pregnancy in good health, as measured for example in adequate height and we

Developing clear strategies can improve gender equality, human rights, and women-centred care in The Gambia.

India ranks 114 out of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap index this year. Except Pakistan, most of the South Asian countries rank higher than India. What the index shows is a reflection of reality that no matter how rapidly India grows, women's status in society needs faster improvement.

The technology revolution of the 20th century minimised the importance of geographical, economic, social and political barriers and reduced transaction and information costs thus boosting productivity and growth, making governance more transparent and empowering the citizen. It propelled not only democracy, but also the market economy. Its impact on social relations, especially on gender relations, was significant, with the commodification of lab

Iranians take their soccer seriously. Iran's victory over Bahrain last week in the World Cup qualifier resulted in an outburst of rejoicing rarely seen in Teheran. Men and women (some without head scarves) danced on the streets and tore up posters of candidates in the June 17 presidential elections. The police did not interfere. Credible foreign observers have not confirmed reports of police brutality carried by some opposition news channels in t

With the Delhi Durbar at its dysfunctional worst, power is flowing away from Delhi to State capitals, where some strong men and women are ruling. India's external partners tend to see this with much greater clarity than the domestic observers of Delhi's current listlessness.

There is an urgent need to deploy radical and concerted efforts to address the deeper cultural stereotypes that women face in accessing, using and par

Creating opportunities for women in different spheres to tackle gender inequality has invoked fear amongst young Korean men about losing opportunities

Among the estimated 1.3 billion people across the world who have no access to electricity, 70 percent are women. This brief discusses the impact of energy poverty on India’s rural women. As women are primarily responsible for securing food and energy for their family, they are the ones who are worst affected by the lack of access to clean and modern energy. The brief calls for a more holistic approach in research and policymaking on energ

In nominating Adm Franchetti to the highest position of the US Navy, the Biden administration has pushed for a more diverse American military

The connections between SDG 5 and other goals underscore the imperative of attaining gender equality as both a moral obligation and a strategic invest

यूक्रेन पर रूस ने आठ माह पहले आक्रमण किया है उसके अक्टूबर

Gender-sensitising the Water Action Agenda would be critical to ensuring truly inclusive transformations

Noted film personality and now Member of Parliament Javed Akhtar says that one of the reasons for violence against women in India is that we are living in an industrial society with a feudal mindset. He says concrete steps should be taken to effect a real change in the mindset of the people.

As India's Presidency of the G20 ends and the baton passes to Brazil, we evaluate the successes of the past year culminating in the New Delhi Leaders'

While laws provide a foundation for combatting gender discrimination, companies must take proactive steps to create an inclusive workplace

Like everything else, technology and the internet have many strengths, creating many avenues for growth and new opportunities to innovate.

As women bear the brunt of the rising income inequality, the need for a positive policy change has become even more pronounced

भारत में इस बात की संभावना है कि वो महिला, शांति और सुरक्ष�

ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरणाची प्रगती आणि अक्षय्य ऊर्जेचा बदलता चेहरा यांच्याबरोबरच ग्रामीण महिलांचा या क्षेत्रातील सहभाग राखून ठेवणेही महत्त्वाचे आहे

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महिलांना भेडसावणाऱ्या समस्या दूर करण्यास आणि चांगल्या आहारास प्रोत्साहन न दिल्यास, कोविड-१९ सारख्या महामारीसह, जगाला उपासमारीचाही सामना करावा लागेल.

लैंगिक भेदभाव का समाज के हर हिस्से पर व्यापक और गहरा असल प

काबूलच्या पतनानंतर दोन वर्षांनी, अनेक संकटे एकत्रित कोसळल्याने सर्वसामान्य अफगाण लोकांचे जनजीवन विस्कळीत झाले आहे.

२०२२ हे वर्ष अफगाण महिलांसाठी मृत्यूची घंटा घेऊन आले आहे. आंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदायाने आता कृती करण्याची गरज आहे.

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