Women

Project Adhikaar aims to break gender barriers by enabling women to take up a profession largely dominated by men, and also tackle the issue of environmental pollution.

Would a sex offenders registry help prevent crimes related to sexual violence? Kerala is set to test the waters.

Access to water and other facilities continues to be a problem for many parts of rural India. Recognising the need for a solution, three girls got together to help bring water access to their village through the construction of a borewell.

Employing and empowering the women from Mumbai's Mankhurd, Chindi makes home decor products and accessories using waste fabric from design houses and sewing units.

Why buy handmade? What difference will it make? Who will it impact? These are just some of the questions that need answering when one discusses hand-crafted goods. There are plenty of reasons to support the handmade movement, and many initiatives, taken by both government and non-governmental institutions, to help the same bloom.

Guwahati's Mriganka Majumder and her father reached out to the government of India to ensure that companies market their products to be gender-neutral.

Quitting a well-paying job to help others without substantial rewards is a difficult choice for anyone. However, these women from Bangalore have taken this big step voluntarily, and now help improve lives of those in need in counselling and guidance.

Access to information and proper training can make a difference in life-and-death situations, especially in cases like pregnancy and childbirth. India Fellow Dyuti writes about such a case where knowledge helped a young mother save the lives of herself and her newborn.

Supreme Court judge AK Sikri said that it is the woman’s right to decide whether she wants a baby, or wants to abort or prevent pregnancy.

Women of Daang village near Gangotri are putting pressure on local political parties to abide by their promises by building a road themselves.