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gender equality
February 25, 2021
The 10,000 FPOs scheme ignores women farmers
If we don’t revisit the new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) guidelines with a gender lens, women in the agriculture sector will be left behind.
by
Shilpa Vasavada
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6 min read
February 19, 2021
Do India’s gender budgets benefit women?
An analysis of past gender budgets reveals that allocations towards schemes that benefit women have stayed constant over the last 13 years.
by
Shreya Raman
,
IndiaSpend
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5 min read
January 13, 2021
Giving women farmers access to technology
If women in rural areas have access to land, technology, and financial services farm yield could increase by 20-30 percent.
by
Shreejit Borthakur
,
Charu Thukral
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5 min read
December 2, 2020
The problem with conditional cash transfers
Do policies that rely on women to improve social indicators empower them?
by
Vedika Inamdar
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5 min read
October 15, 2020
Who holds power in organisations?
Coming out of the pandemic, we need to rethink the relationship between gender and power.
by
Nisha Dhawan
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5 min read
August 20, 2020
Funds are recognising their biases against women
Despite its massive growth, the gender lens investing market has not yet tapped its potential.
by
Ahmed Aslam
,
Raya Papp
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5 min read
April 3, 2020
The blindspot in our response to COVID-19
While health emergencies are often seen as gender-neutral, our response to the COVID-19 pandemic must prioritise women.
by
Sohini Bhattacharya
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5 min read
February 18, 2020
Stitched together: Migrants in India’s textile sector
What does the top-down, informal, and buyer-driven approach of the textile industry mean for the female migrant workers subcontracted at the lowest end of the spectrum?
by
Aarohi Damle
,
Priyansha Singh
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5 min read
January 30, 2020
Building inclusive communities is the task of civil society
Until communities stop excluding people based on gender, caste, class, and religion, efforts to achieve the SDGs will always fall short.
by
Shamik Trehan
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5 min read
January 21, 2020
Is having more women in agriculture a good thing?
While the feminisation of agriculture does bring women into the public sphere, it also restricts them to low-paid, labour-intensive jobs.
by
Ishita Mehrotra
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5 min read
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