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Outcomes-based financing has shown promise in India. What does it need to scale beyond a handful of donors and implementation partners?

Despite their intricate handiwork, women in Lucknow’s chikankari industry often lack market access and a steady income. From skilling to vendor connections, here’s how a nonprofit built a sustainable enterprise for artisans.

Community-based preparatory spaces are filling the gaps left by formal institutions for students from marginalised communities. Here’s how.

For women, MGNREGA has been a gateway to employment, a voice in village panchayats, administrative accountability, and access to social welfare. Many fear that the VB-G RAM G Act will weaken these hard-won gains.

Three nonprofits share lessons from building and deploying AI solutions for India’s public institutions.

A Parliamentary report on cyber safety for women reveals deep data gaps, from FIR conversion rates to caste, language, and connectivity gaps that shape who can even report abuse in the first place.

The experiences of home-based workers coping with rising heat and humidity show us why organisational and climate policies must rethink how they address occupational safety.

Pinky Barda, gram panchayat mukhiya in Jharkhand, on the stress, isolation, and quiet solidarity that define the lives of women in villages impacted by migration.

Disability work receives less than 1 percent of CSR funding in India. A new report explains how the sector can respond to this gap.

Many digital tools overlook how people actually work. Here's what it takes to build technology that works across public systems and field realities.