India, March 21 -- Recognising the major challenge of low female labour force participation (FLP) in India - 31% of working-age women participating in the labour force, compared to 54% in other major ... Read More
India, March 7 -- The war unleashed by Israel and the US against Iran can only mean more suffering and pain than already exists for the country's women in the near future. Iranian-Canadian human right... Read More
India, Feb. 21 -- The last Engender column looked at how community radio proved transformative for women's lives in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. Community radio has been no less transformative in Haryana's... Read More
India, Jan. 24 -- Last month, a panchayat in Jalore, Rajasthan, announced a ban on camera phones for daughters-in-law and young women in 15 villages, effective January 26. It decreed that these women ... Read More
India, Jan. 10 -- A cancer diagnosis for women in rural areas throws up major challenges, the principal one being extreme financial stress. Treatment costs often drive families into poverty or massive... Read More
India, Dec. 26 -- There has been a deluge of books on Gaza since Hamas launched its ill-thought-out attack on Israel, bringing in its wake massive violence and destruction from the Israeli defence for... Read More