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A woman walking on an isloated street-survivors of sexual violence
March 19, 2021
Safeguarding access to justice for survivors of sexual violence
How can we support survivors of sexual violence in times of crisis?
by Aarya Venugopal, Parvathy J | 6 min read
Woman holding a baby in the hospital with two women around-maternity benefits
March 16, 2021
Extend maternity benefits to tackle child and maternal malnutrition
How a government scheme designed to extend maternity benefits to pregnant women in India is unequal and exclusionary.
by Kanmani Palanisamy | 5 min read
Woman selling snacks at a shop-overnutrition
March 12, 2021
NFHS-5 data shows rising overnutrition in women
For the first time in India’s recorded history, we have more overnourished than undernourished women in the 15-49-year age group.
by Akhil Garg, Anurati Tandon | 6 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
Person reading a newspaper-crimes against women
February 24, 2021
We need to change how we report crimes against women
Analysing data on violence against women solely based on the number of cases registered fails to provide a complete picture.
by Havovi Wadia, Jyoti Nale-Tajane | 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
Women's-labour-Woman-carrying-firewood
February 19, 2021
It’s time to compensate women’s unpaid labour
Traditional gender roles burden women with household work. We need to make efforts to reduce, redistribute, and pay for this labour.
by Sona Mitra, Soumya Kapoor Mehta | 5 min read
Woman smiling_Oxfam_Nirbhaya Fund
February 12, 2021
Nirbhaya Fund plagued with transparency and underuse issues, says Oxfam India
Oxfam India's latest report highlights the expenditure gaps in government schemes meant to improve women's safety.
by Anushree Jairath, Amita Pitre | 6 min read
Women sitting at the back of a taxi in india-gender-sensitive
February 10, 2021
We need a gender-sensitive public transport system
Urban transport planning in Indian cities is not gender-sensitive. This needs to change if we want women to be independent and empowered.
by Aila Bandagi | 6 min read
Woman holding a passbook-women's empowerment
February 5, 2021
How can policies for women’s empowerment be more impactful?
In order to succeed, policies for women’s economic empowerment must be designed using a gender lens.
by Rohit Kumar, Sneha Pillai | 7 min read
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