Empowerment begins by drawing out women who have never expressed their dreams, desires or problems.
Category: Indian Women’s Topics
By going through the school route, gender equity has got integrated into the government school system through a systematic and intentional engagement with principals and teachers who are its champions and agents of change.
Since the women rights movement in the 60’s, the participation of women in the workforce has increased exponentially both in terms of quantity and quality.
Anita implemented her knowledge of horticulture in mushroom cultivation, and today her annual earnings are in lakhs!
This unique initiative is creating a ripple effect where one entrepreneur creates many more.
“This film taught me a very important lesson. That no matter what, we should never lose hope, and if we do, that success has to be on our side.”
They are robbed of so many things we take for granted. Family-less, friend-less, love-less and in many cases hope-less.
Our institutions have no business determining who she can marry or not.
The Ahmedabad police decided to cover these women under the Sakhi Sahay programme under the Suraksha Setu project.
Teachers at the village schools would avoid them after knowing that they are going to talk about periods. Villagers opposed talks on breaking such taboos.
Fighting prejudice and discrimination in rural Uttar Pradesh, one woman rises above it all in a field lorded over by her male peers – journalism
When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits!
“With investing I feel like I am part of so many companies all at once. My portfolio is diverse; I have stocks of pharmaceuticals, breweries, real estate and telecom, among others.”
Sinha is the president of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank.
112 such women will be felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind, as “First Ladies” for being the first in their respective fields.