MDGs – Goal 5: disparities in maternal health in India

This brief perspective focuses on maternal health and disparities in the progress in India. This analysis of MDG5 and disparities, have national relevance to achieve MDG5, because, there are established evidence show that regional and social disparity in health status..More

Domestic Violence against Women – recent evidence of its magnitude and trend

Although there is lack of systematic measure of this incidence, recently for the first time in India, the National Family Health Survey (Round 3) present some evidence of the magnitude and trend across states of India related to domestic violence against women. According to the NFHS-3 report, more than a third (34 percent) of women ..More

We need to fight patriarchy, not men’
In an exclusive interview to InfoChange, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi explains why culture should be dissociated from religion, why Islam is not incompatible with human rights, and how women all over the world – not just in Islamic countries – suffer injustice

Empower women for a stable society: Kalam
Empowerment of women will ensure a stable society, said President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Gender: India better than neighbours 

India's gender-related development index (GDI) rank is 96 out of 177 countries, one of the best in the region if we do not count Sri Lanka