Women In India Need Better Access To Contraception: UN Study

Due to a lack of access to information or services, or a lack of support from partners or communities, an estimated 225 million women globally are not using safe and effect...

World Water Day: One In Four Children Will Live With Water Scarcity By 2040

One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned.
With...

Alicia Keys Envisions An End To AIDS In Empowering Africa Campaign

Africa contains 16% of the world’s population, and has over 30% of the world’s remaining natural resources, yet it is also the poorest and most underdeveloped c...

Why India’s Healthcare Trends In 2016 Do Not Bode Well For The Future

India should not persevere with its focus on privatising healthcare or relying on health insurance.The image that would haunt me for a long time from this year is that of D...

Emma Thompson Backs Campaign To Empower Women

Emma Thompson has backed a campaign to support and empower women and girls living in poverty around the world.
The 57-year-old actress is working with ActionAid UK to ...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Public Transport Workers Lead A Unique Charity Drive In Kerala

Employees working in the public transport sector in Malappuram district of Kerala are part of a unique charity initiative where they often dedicate a day’s earnings t...

India’s Hunger Crisis Worse Than Bangladesh, Nepal

Reductions in the prevalence of undernourishment, child stunting, child mortality and child wasting (low weight for height) have led to the improvement in Global Hunger Ind...

Janani Suraksha Yojana Pays Dividends : Study

A new study brings in first conclusive evidence of the role played by JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) in reducing ‘socioeconomic disparities’ existing in maternal ca...