gender equality

close up of 5 women's hands holding millets-women farmers
August 20, 2021
Gujarat’s organic farming schemes exclude women farmers
While governments urge farmers across the country to take up organic farming, gender-agnostic policies discourage women farmers.
by Meenakshi Kapoor | 13 min read
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July 29, 2021
Gender inequality: What really needs to change?
Policies and programmes must change restrictive gender norms in order to meaningfully impact the lives of women and girls.
by Anna Rego, Shagun Sabarwal | 6 min read
A group of volunteers come together to prevent child marriage
May 26, 2021
A community-based approach to prevent child marriage
More than a year into the pandemic, we need to protect children from harm and exploitation with greater urgency.
by Chaitali Sheth | 5 min read
close up of a woman farmer in Odisha-farmer producer organisations
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 | 6 min read
saree clad women congregating_Pixabay_gender budgets
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 | 5 min read
Indian women farmers ploughing the field_women farmers
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 | 5 min read
woman with child_arjun swaminathan
December 2, 2020
The problem with conditional cash transfers
Do policies that rely on women to improve social indicators empower them?
by Vedika Inamdar | 5 min read
illustration of man handing over power to a woman_sumer vaidya
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 | 5 min read
a restroom sign of a man and woman against a green background-gender lens investing- picture courtesy: Pixabay
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 Raya Papp, Ahmed Aslam | 5 min read
matryoshka dolls with masks-coronavirus
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 | 5 min read
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