Sustaining Sanitation

With the Prime Minister riding high on the publicity of the Swachh Bharat Mission, clean India seems to be an achievable dream today, but statistics say otherwise.

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Short Film ‘If I Am Born’ turns into a Campaign

Asian Centre for Entertainment Education’s (ACEE) recent endeavors, after the launch of ACEE Studios’ has stirred up quite the buzz on social med...

Government To Rope In Local Stars To Push Family Planning Measures In Affected Areas

Local radio spots with messages from local actors would be promoted to create awareness in UP, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam. The government is pl...

Centre Plans Saas-Bahu Meets To Promote Family Planning

In a bid to promote family planning, the Union Health Ministry plans to organise Saas-Bahu Sammelans in 146 districts where the fertility rate is 3 or more. The national av...

Impact Of Mothers Learning

Literacy programmes for mothers can not only improve their own learning skills but also impact their children's education, a recent study has found. During the one-year stu...

True Review Movie - Half Girlfriend

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Underpaid, Untrained Workers Deployed To Fix India’s Ailing Health System

Ashas, who make about Rs 1,000 a month, are required to undergo a 23-day training spread across 12 months, but a third of the Ashas in a block in north Bihar were not train...

How Public Health Workers Are Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls In Rural Bihar

“Whose help can I ask? If I talk to another woman in the village, she can’t help. She faces the same thing at her home. I haven’t told anyone that he abus...

Alcohol Ban Succeeds As Women Warn, 'Behave Or We'll Get Tough'

India — Dozens of women brandishing brooms swooped down on a straw house in this village on a recent Saturday, sending the owner fleeing through a rice field as they ...