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Gender

April 16, 2019

India's poorest women benefit less from public health services

Poor delivery mechanisms, lower education levels, and social divisions such as caste, leave women from the poorest households with limited access to government schemes.

by IndiaSpend, Swagata Yadavar | 5 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

Women presenting Gram Panchayat Development Plan

March 12, 2019

Women's participation in gram panchayats

Moving beyond simply improving access to credit for women, the social capital of women's collectives can be leveraged for greater democratic participation.

by Manu Sankar | 4 min read

gender inequality

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

Young Indian girl seated alongside two older Indians-migration

March 06, 2019

Women, work, and migration

Social barriers have historically been blamed for the lack of gender parity in the workplace. But there are other dimensions to this age-old discourse.

by Annette Francis, Dheeraj Dubey | 5 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

Indian woman carrying infant-maternity benefits

February 15, 2019

Extending maternity benefits to informal workers

The legislature on maternity benefits for working women in India covers only those working in 'establishments'. It's time to change that.

by Dipa Sinha, Sudeshna Sengupta | 4 min read

January 11, 2019

As India rethinks labour rules, it's missing one topic from the agenda

Full-day, quality childcare can make a crucial difference in India’s fight against malnutrition, and can possibly enhance incomes of working women.

by Mirai Chatterjee | 4 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

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