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Ground Report | Suryakant Dewangan: The way to change; As soon as the sky starts turning dark in Arand village in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district, a group of women gathers at the village junction. Carrying sticks and torches, this all-women group patrols every corner of the village till 10 at the night to ensure that no … Read more
The consequences of climate change affect women more and in very different ways than men. This is pointed out by several reports from international organizations, which highlight the need to take into account the gender issue in order to deal with this environmental problem more fairly and effectively. 80% of refugees are women The impact … Read more
Karnataka and Kerala have the highest number of women working in the science and technology research field in the country, Minister of State (Independent) of the Union of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said in Lok Sabha. In a written response to a question in Raja Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said that according … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: More than one in four women, 27%, experience violence from their partner before the age of 50, according to a global analysis led by researchers from McGill University (Canada) and the World Health Organization. According to the finding published in The Lancet, one in four women (or 13%) has experienced … Read more
Amrendra Suman | Dumka, Jharkhand: Rural women from nondescript villages in Jharkhand’s Dumka district are treading on a new, self-reliant path by growing lemongrass along with traditional crops like wheat, paddy, pulses and oilseed. As part of a project called Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth (JOHAR) implemented by the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Online harassment of women; When someone uses content, images or scenes from our private life published on social network accounts to harass or intimidate us, we are dealing with online bullying or cyberbullying. Women especially suffer from it and here we give you guidelines to identify it, face it and report it. What … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Handcuff women in Bihar; Several villagers in Gaya, Bihar were injured on Tuesday (February 15th) after a clash with police over the alleged extraction of sand from a riverbank in the district. Videos of the incident circulated on social media showed villagers, including women, sitting on the bank of the … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Women a tobacco user; The recently made public National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS 2019-21) found that 9 percent of girls or women aged 15 or over 15 in the country use tobacco. Women a tobacco user This figure of women in rural India is almost double that of the cities … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Which state has lowest fertility; The National Family Health Survey for 2019-21 has revealed that Jammu and Kashmir have the lowest fertility rate in all of India and Jammu and Kashmir have a 0.6% rate since 2015-16. Why Jammu and Kashmir has lowest fertility Experts in Jammu and Kashmir believe … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: New sex ratio by NFHS is overestimated; The number of males per 1000 in India has reached 1020, according to the fifth phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). These figures have never been recorded in all four previous NFHS reports (1992 to 2016). Even so, owning one is … Read more
