Gender

Despite reservation, women face an obstacle race both before and after rural elections. Urgent interventions in policy and practice are needed for true gender equality in Panchayati Raj institutions.

Unpaid care work is mostly undertaken by women and constrains their access to clean energy. Here’s why and how the energy transition must account for women’s labour.

Despite its potential as a sustainable empowerment solution, funding for women's land rights remains scarce. How can funders integrate it into their work?

Dispersal of the sex trade has brought new challenges to CSOs. Here’s a look at the shifting dynamics and what anti-trafficking organisations can do to address them.

Lessons from an evidence-based approach to scaling a gender equality programme across Indian states.

Conversations with women in southern Rajasthan reveal the changing nature of migration, as newly married women migrate with their husbands to work as kitchen 'helpers'.

Inadequate provisions for pregnant women in the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana scheme highlight the concerning state of maternity benefits in India.

The credit gap faced by women entrepreneurs can be overcome through digital financial services, but only when lending is made gender-intentional.

The lack of interventions around women's land rights in India points to the need for equipping community-based organisations to handle such work. How can this be done?

Nonprofits working on women's land rights must also give due consideration to dignity—an inherent part of all human rights issues.