The Women Behind The Clothes- How One Apparel Company Is Improving The Lives Of The Women In Its Supply Chain Through Reproductive Health Training

225 million girls and women who want to choose when, whether, and how many children to have face barriers accessing contraceptive information and services globally. When gi...

In The Family Tree, Women Become Land Owners In India

65 year-old Basi behen* lives in a small village in the Narmada district of west Indian state of Gujarat. Married at 15, for close to five decades, she tilled a small plot ...

Working Women Is The Need Of The Hour: Sonali

SonaliBendre Behl talked about her book and the experience of motherhood at the Women Economic Forum, an annual summit in Delhi.Quoted in a daily, a source said, "Sonali ad...

Kobalt Launches 'First Of Its Kind' App For Music Creators.

Kobalt continues to position itself as a leader in transparency as it today made its music publishing portal available to be accessed by an app designed for iOS devices. Du...

What Effect Does Paid Maternity Leave Have On Infant Mortality?

For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent.
“A significant number o...

Trashing The Ragpicker

Raja is a waste dealer in Seemapuri in Delhi, who employs around 15 people to segregate mixed waste into paper, plastic and bottles. His monthly income of around Rs 30,000 ...

Climate Change Is Not Gender-Neutral

It is well established that the poor are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and that women—who account for the majority of the world’s poor&mdash...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

Waterless In Marathwada: Farm Crisis Is Extra Hard On Women

In Marathwada’s worst-hit districts of Beed, Osmanabad and Latur, households now have an uncompromising priority list of expenses as an economy hit by years of near-t...