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Eliminating gender-based violence helps build economies

Published on Mar 23, 2023 04:49 PM IST

The article has been authored by Michelle Milford Morse, Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy at the UN Foundation and Nahla Valji, Spotlight Initiative Global Coordinator, United Nations.

Globally, one in three women personally experience violence. It ranks as one of the world’s worst human rights abuses and negatively affects every aspect of a woman’s life, including her health, income, relationships, education, family, ability to participate in her community and her likelihood of experiencing violence in the future.(HT File)

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Digital transformations for gender equality

This article has been authored by Namita Wadhwa, Vice President, Social and Economic Empowerment practice, IPE Global.

Recent global studies on digital equality highlight that digital transformation’s benefits across high, low and middle-income countries are not reaching most women.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 12:52 PM IST

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Women-led development sans provisions for women’s employment?

This article has been authored by Dr. Sona Mitra, principal economist and Sruti Kutty, programme manager at IWWAGE.

India holds the G20 presidency this year and resolves to embark on a women-led development process. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 12:47 PM IST

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From savings to investment - The evolving financial outlook of Indian women

The article has been authored by by Swati Pincha, Head of Growth, CoinSwitch.

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:45 AM IST

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Threads of history - Some women who shaped our arts

This article has been authored by Mini Menon, co-founder Peepul Tree and Editor, Live History India.

Maharani Gayatri Devi was an epitome of unparalleled elegance and strength of character (Photo: Twitter)

Updated on Mar 08, 2023 12:36 PM IST

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Bonding and banding together to create planet 50-50

The article has been authored by Suparna Banerjee. She is an academic and columnist based in Bengal and is the author of Science, Gender and History (CSP, UK).

Updated on Mar 08, 2023 09:34 AM IST

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A better world for women is a better world for everyone

The article has been authored by Anita Anand, communications and development specialist and author of Beijing: UN Fourth World Conference on Women and co-author of Whose World is it Anyway? The UN, Civil Society and the Multilateral Future.

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:24 AM IST

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Time to redefine gender boundaries

The article has been authored by Priyanka Bhide, co-founder, Kubernein Initiative.

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:18 AM IST

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More women in the workforce are crucial to economic growth

The article has been authored by Neelam Gupta, founder & CEO of AROH Foundation.

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:13 AM IST

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Affirming gender equality in policy and practice

The article has been authored by Akhila Sivadas, executive director, Centre for Advocacy and Research, New Delhi.

Gender equality is not only a fundamental right, but also a prerequisite for a peaceful and prosperous world. (Shutterstock)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:04 AM IST

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Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps

The article has been authored by Aakanksha Shrawan, Vrinda Gupta, research associates and Janak Raj, senior fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, New Delhi.

Published on Feb 14, 2023 05:13 PM IST

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Moving gender equity to the mainstream of climate action

This report has been authored by Farhan Shaikh.

This brief examines the deeper implications of shifting ecological conditions from a standpoint of gender, and proposes constructive ways to bring about equity in the policies that are being created under India’s climate change response plan.(Aly Song/REUTERS)

Published on Feb 02, 2023 02:27 PM IST

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Is efficiency the key for a sustainable energy policy in India?

The article is based on the study done by Nicholas Ryan. He has field-worked with J-PAL South Asia at IFMR.

The Government of India places a high priority on energy efficiency in manufacturing. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 06:36 PM IST

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Shraddha and Aftab: The Star-Crossed Lovers

The article has been authored by Anita Anand, Clinical Therapist, Greenfields Health and Healing.

Aaftab Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar. (File)

Published on Dec 19, 2022 02:03 PM IST

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BC Sakhis: Unlocking rural women’s banking potential

The article has been authored by Kalpana Ajayan, regional head and Ajit Agarwal, lead, strategic partnerships & policy, Women’s World Banking, South Asia.

The government launched the Mission One Gram Panchayat, One BC Sakhi programme in 2019 aiming to create a pool of 1.25 lakh trained and certified women Self Help Group (SHG) members as BC Sakhis. (Shutterstock Photo)

Published on Nov 25, 2022 01:47 PM IST

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Empower adolescents through comprehensive sexual education

The article has been authored by Debanjana Choudhuri, gender and climate specialist.

From Iesha Learning’s previous sex education workshops. (Photos courtesy: Iesha learning )

Published on Nov 16, 2022 11:29 AM IST

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Cruelty against husbands under the Indian law

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Published on Nov 07, 2022 07:20 PM IST

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Equality and individual autonomy in reproductive rights: India shows the way

The article has been authored by Susan Ferguson, country representative, UN Women and Andrea Wojnar, country representative, UNFPA

Women’s consent matters – that’s the top takeaway from the Indian Supreme Court (SC)’s judgment on abortion for all women on International Safe Abortion Day.

Updated on Oct 03, 2022 05:21 PM IST

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Reducing child marriages and teen pregnancies

The article has been authored by Ashish Mukherjee, vice president, Social & Economic Empowerment, IPE Global.

UNICEF estimates that over the next decade, up to 10 million more girls will be at risk of becoming child brides as a result of the pandemic, while the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) projects a figure of 13 million additional child marriages globally over the 2020-2030 decade.

Published on Sep 10, 2022 09:00 AM IST

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Redefining masculinity: The dark side of Darlings

The article has been authored by Anita Anand, a development and communications consulant

On August 5, the streaming platform Netflix released the film Darlings, an Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama, co-written and directed by Jasmeet K. Reen.

Published on Aug 29, 2022 06:01 AM IST

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Time to enact the Women’s Reservation Bill

The article has been authored by Amar Patnaik, a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Odisha.

According to a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) released in 2020, less than a tenth of the over 50,000 candidates contesting central and state elections are women. (HT Archive)

Published on Aug 19, 2022 01:24 PM IST

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Tribal women have a significant role in India’s transformation

The article has been authored by Swati Piramal, vice-chairperson of the Piramal Group and director of the Piramal Foundation

As India progresses rapidly, the need of the hour is to ensure we develop the collective agency of tribal women to make Sabka Vikas (everyone’s development) a reality. It is indeed time for affirmative action and equitable progress.(AP FILE PHOTO)

Published on Aug 09, 2022 06:00 AM IST

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Improving gender equality in non-profit boardrooms

The article has been authored by Neera Nundy, co-founder and partner, of the NGO Dasra and Aarti Madhusudan, founder, of the NGO Governance Counts.

According to a 2021 report by Deloitte, the number of women in boardrooms in India was 17.1%, nearly 3% lower than the global average of 19.7%.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 28, 2022 02:46 PM IST

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Why abortion should be a part of Universal Health Coverage

The article has been authored by Debanjana Choudhuri, climate and gender specialist and Vithika Yadav, campaign advisory group member, Pratigya Campaign for Gender Equality and Safe Abortion.

Access to abortion is an unconditional human right and should be entitled as a basic health care service delivered as a part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).The findings reflected that only 37% of women accessed health care services, as compared to 67% of men.

Published on May 25, 2022 02:57 PM IST

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The key to change: Women’s voice and influence

The article has been authored by Susan Ferguson is the Country Representative of UN Women India Office. UN Women is a member of team UN in India, working together to help meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

Women’s voice in decision-making is critical for the development of all. According to the NFHS-5 data for 2019-21 nearly 88.7% of currently married Indian women tend to participate in key household decisions about healthcare for themselves, or make major household purchases.

Published on May 25, 2022 02:40 PM IST

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A "big push" that can put India's poorest women on the path to self-sufficiency

(The study has been authored by Lipika Kapoor, Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay and Shagun Sabarwal.)

Several studies have shown that the ongoing crisis has hit women in India much harder than men - a greater proportion of them lost their jobs, they ate less, did more unpaid household work and had to endure domestic violence.(Google)

Published on May 19, 2022 03:17 PM IST

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The likely end of Roe v Wade

The article has been authored by Kanav Narayan Sahgal, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

The Alliance Defending Freedom- a conservative anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage advocacy group- admitted to supporting 15-week abortion bans across states in the US because they knew that such bans would engender opposition from pro-abortion activists who would take these bans to court and accordingly allow Republican-appointed federal judges at the appeals court and Supreme Court level to consider reversing Roe.(REUTERS)

Published on May 03, 2022 06:26 PM IST

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Keep the focus on increasing female labor force participation

The piece is authored by Drashti Shah, NITI Aayog

Women’s labor force participation rate (LFPR) (20.0%) is considerably low compared to men (56.0%) as per annual PLFS (current weekly status) 2019-20.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 17, 2022 12:49 PM IST

ByNiti Aayog

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence

Leena Menghaney is a lawyer and survivor who works with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

Efforts to introduce special procedures for survivors of child sexual abuse and laws to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace have taken shape.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 08, 2022 02:32 PM IST

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Women's Day Special: Poor health system responses to gender-based violence

The piece has been authored by Leena Menghaney, a lawyer and survivor who works with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence are putting survivors' health at risk(PTI)

Updated on Mar 08, 2022 11:19 AM IST

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