Women

Axis Bank Foundation, in association with the NGO, Srijan, through the Buddha Fellowship Programme, has taken on-board IIM graduates and is nurturing these young individuals to take up entrepreneurial roles in the development sector.

After being on the radar for recording a staggering gender gap in its under-five mortality rate, the state has finally managed to redeem itself and bridge it in 2016, according to the Registrar General of India’s latest report.

Hailing from the village of Sapnot in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, this woman health worker has finally received the global recognition she deserved from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

In a move that is perhaps unthinkable for most children, she decided to find a partner for her mother herself.

The girls’ bravery was lauded by the senior police officials, who also revealed that the snatcher was a repeat offender.

Instead of encouraging women to leave their marital homes due to the absence of toilets, she is empowering them to fight for their rights and enable the construction of one.

Ushering in 2018, the Railway Women Welfare Association of Bhopal installed the machine and christened it ‘Happy Nari.’

Indian Women Blog and Seema Pardeshi-Khandale also distributed Winter Care Packages and menstrual cups to the women.

Rohini Nilekani on why we need to turn to the 200 million young men of India with as much urgency and focus as we spend on the millions of young women in the country.

The city of Panvel is infamous for its consumption of alcohol and women usually bear the brunt of alcohol consumption