Women Empowerment

Among the first women in India to enter and transform male bastions, Aruna Bahuguna shares her journey of becoming united Andhra Pradesh’s first woman IPS officer, and the sexism she had to challenge throughout her career.

Bengaluru-based Srutiza Mohanty narrates what prompted her to quit her engineering job and launch Risham Jewellery, a venture that aims to revive the ancient art of bead making, and empower women with jobs and education in the process.

Meet award-winning artisan Mala Pal from Kolkata’s famed Kumartuli locality, who is training several young people in idol making to keep an old art form from dying.

Right from leaves for caregivers to more opportunities for women in their workplace, here's what corporates can learn from Accenture about closing the gender gap.

Rakesh Gupta founded Gramshree to educate and support tribal farming families through the entire value chain process. They're now earning up to three times more.

Experts Chavi Vohra and Veeha Vohra outline why India needs gender parity as much as we need sustainable development.

Meet Mayura Davda Shah, who quit her job in the engineering industry to build MAYU, a sustainable fashion brand that makes eco-friendly leather handbags and other products from waste fish skin.

Sisters Sanjoli and Ananya Banerjee began engaging in activism and fighting female foeticide from a young age. Today, they champion many causes -- education, menstrual hygiene, mental health and more.

Taking inspiration from Maharshi Karve, Jameendar Babasaheb Keshav Narayanrao Deshmukh set up the Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal (SSM), to start the first-ever residential school in Sagroli, Maharashtra committed to empowering girls through education

Whisper’s #KeepGirlsInSchool campaign aims to stop millions of girls from dropping out of school due to period taboos. Here’s how hundreds of girls in one school are thriving as a direct result.