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September 10, 2019

Making your programme design more equitable

How to use a gender lens at each stage of the programme cycle: planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
by Renuka Motihar | 4 min read
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August 23, 2019

Engage men for sustainable toilet use

Despite significant progress in eradicating open defecation in India, male use of toilets continues to lag behind female.
by Priyanjali Mitra | 3 min read
August 21, 2019

Women and work: Examining India's policy landscape

While policymakers recognise the potential that women have to further India’s economic growth, women-oriented policies need more thought.
by Dona Tomy, Sneha Menon | 4 min read
August 20, 2019

Why are teenage girls not going to school?

Evidence from the Teen Age Girls (TAG) survey, that spoke to 74,000 girls across India, throws light on the girls that leave education early, the barriers they face, and the way forward.
by Rachel Wilder | 5 min read
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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
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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
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June 06, 2019

The problem with ‘women empowerment’ schemes

There is a perception that women are the most vulnerable, and so any action for them will be empowering; this is a fallacy.
by Sudarshan Thakur | 5 min read
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May 29, 2019

The role of SHG federations

There is a tremendous amount of social capital that is built into Self-Help Group federations. However, given how they function today, they face a host of challenges. It is therefore time to reframe this idea and ensure that they become meaningful to the lives of the women they intend to serve.
by Ajit Kanitkar | 6 min read
pregnant women at a clinic in rural India
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
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