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A woman with a financial accounts book
August 01, 2019

The missing women in finance

Women comprise a very small proportion of the financial industry workforce, and this has implications on the way female clients use and benefit from financial services.
by Renana Jhabvala, Sonal Sharma, Soumya Kapoor Mehta | 5 min read
Indian schoolgirls in uniform working as a group
July 16, 2019

Backlash: The consequences of defying gender norms

Even the most well-intentioned programmes aimed at empowering adolescent girls can have unintended consequences that disempower them. We need to develop strategies that help address the backlash.
by Priti Prabhughate, Saniya Pawar | 5 min read
Indian woman in Jaipur weaving a rug
June 28, 2019

Women’s workforce participation: What we need to know

This report uncovers trends, identifies data gaps, and makes actionable recommendations for policy design—through a meta-analysis of India's female labour participation.
by Dona Tomy, Sneha Menon | 5 min read
group of men with banner_Jagori
June 18, 2019

Six lessons from working in communities

From overcoming your fears to being open to changing your approach, while staying true to your vision – here are some lessons from working in communities.
by Neetu Routela, Sarita Balooni, Shruti Batra | 4 min read
women farmers
March 22, 2019

Where is the money for women farmers?

Nearly 80% of India's women workers are employed in the agrarian sector, yet the budget allocation and spending towards women farmers remains low.
by Sakshi Rai | 3 min read
gender inequality_an Indian woman weaving a basket next to her baby
March 08, 2019

Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality

Here are some of the key ways public spending and taxation could reduce gender inequality.
by Anam Parvez Butt, Francesca Rhodes, Man-Kwun Chan | 3 min read
Close up of two Indian women's faces -women and development
March 07, 2019

The development discourse in India neglects women

"The development narrative homogenises women’s experiences and contexts, refuses to delve deeper into their life experiences, and is content to have counted women as participants, beneficiaries, victims, and case studies."
by Sushma Iyengar | 7 min read
Rural Indian women working on the land-CAnderson
March 01, 2019

The scales are tipped against rural working women

Data tells us that rural women are dropping out of India’s workforce at faster rates than urban women.
by IndiaSpend, Prachi Salve | 6 min read
inequality
January 08, 2019

What's stopping India from achieving the growth it wants

India won't be able to improve it's economy or develop sustainably unless it reduces gender and income inequality.
by IndiaSpend, Swagata Yadavar | 5 min read
A man and woman standing at the entrance of a house
December 13, 2018

'Men-streaming' women's economic empowerment

Most initiatives around women's economic empowerment are largely myopic in their approach. Failure to recognise the role of men and masculinities in this context can pose a significant barrier to both women and men's economic well-being.
by Nalini Khurana, Ravi Verma | 5 min read
a young girl in india using her phone
December 05, 2018

The internet is not neutral

The number of people from marginalised populations going online is increasing. But at the same time, existing power structures have also moved into the digital space, along with the inequalities and violence that result from them.
by Smita Vanniyar | 4 min read
Several villagers sitting in a circle
October 25, 2018

Transforming lives through women’s collectives

Using a unique, farmer-focused research methodology, this project encourages women to view themselves not as secondary players in the agricultural sector, but as principal farmers, researchers, teachers, and active agents of social change.
by Kuntalika Kumbhakar, Ritesh Pandey, Wanborlang Khymdeit | 9 min read
Closeup of two village women glaring at each other
October 23, 2018

Designing financial products for women

Current financial service models conflate women with ‘family’, considering them merely an avenue to pursue social welfare.
by Abhishek Gupta, Akhand Tiwari | 3 min read
A young girl reading a book in a library
August 10, 2018

Where are the women in social science research?

The presence of women in the field of research remains low, and equal opportunities do not come without specific upstream measures.
by Madhuri Dass Woudenberg, Ramona Angelescu Naqvi | 3 min read
Colourful stained glass
August 02, 2018

The development sector glass ceiling

Women face a number of barriers in reaching leadership both structurally, as well as internally within organisations; and an uneven playing field is among the top challenges.
by Tara Rao | 4 min read
A woman holding a working tool
June 28, 2018

Why we aren't closing the gender gap at work

The percentage of working women in India has almost halved over the last decade. A number of underlying causes are responsible for this, and they ultimately all stem from the same place.
by Sohini Bhattacharya | 3 min read
Indian parliament Bhavan
May 22, 2018

Where are the women in policy making?

While we have seen efforts to bolster the role of women in policy making across the government and private sector, the real solutions may ultimately come from philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
by Manuraj Shunmugasundaram | 3 min read
Women's Day quote
March 09, 2018

We fixed your Women's Day WhatsApp forwards

We tried to be funny, but we couldn't. We were too busy rolling our eyes.
by India Development Review | 1 min read
Masculine norms
March 07, 2018

We need to talk about men

While men have more privileges than women, evidence shows that the costs of masculine norms may be steep not only on girls and women, but also on young boys and men.
by Ravi Verma, Sapna Kedia | 4 min read
woman weaving mats financial inclusion
March 06, 2018

Financial inclusion: The key to closing India’s gender gap

Financial inclusion is one of the most effective accelerators of economic participation by women; it is therefore important to design products that help women overcome barriers to access and inclusion.
by Mary Ellen Iskenderian | 5 min read
Two young men standing against a wall in India
December 14, 2017

Want empowered women? Start thinking about how to help young men

We need to turn to the 200 million young men of India with as much urgency and focus as we spend on the millions of young women in the country.
by Rohini Nilekani | 4 min read
Somen working with manure in a village
November 29, 2017

Time poverty: The key to addressing gender disparity

Rural women spend over a quarter of their waking hours cooking, gathering fuel, and cleaning utensils. Clean energy for cooking has the potential to reduce the burden of time poverty and improve women’s socio-economic status in the community.
by Akshay Kohli, Chandrima Das | 4 min read
A group of women carrying some load in baskets
June 13, 2017

IDR Select: Looking beyond the obvious, solving the right problems

On our reading list this week: understanding the numbers behind the Swachh Bharat Mission; the absurd way we talk to survivors of sexual assault; five questions to help you identify the right problem; and more.
by India Development Review | 2 min read
Reproductive Health Adolescent Girls 3
May 30, 2017

Logging on for better reproductive health

With sexuality continuing to be a taboo topic for most Indians, the country’s urban young have little access to credible information on sexual health. Governments, funders and nonprofits must look to the internet as a possible solution.
by Chandrima Das | 3 min read
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May 23, 2017

IDR Select: Five ideas that got us thinking

Take a few minutes to read some of the most compelling articles we discovered this month as we trawled the World Wide Web.
by India Development Review | 2 min read
Girls in a village wearing pink sarees, standing in a line
May 04, 2017

Selection bias – are we focusing on the most vulnerable?

Shireen Jejeebhoy talks about how a project she worked on unwittingly excluded the most vulnerable girls in a population; why and how this happened and what can be done to prevent it from happening again.
by Shireen Jejeebhoy | 4 min read
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