Amita Chauhan profiles how SAAD is giving a new life to marginalised women like devdasis and tamasha dancers

“Life on the planet is born of woman” -- Adrienne Rich, poet and essayist While urban, educated Indian women take forward strides as never before, women from less privileged backgrounds remain trapped in a cycle of poverty and misery. The Parbhani district in the Marathwada region of...

Tarika Vaswani profiles IHDUA, which ensures literacy and education by empowering women

International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8th September to recognise that the basic learning needs of people of all ages should be met in every country. It’s an opportunity for us to remember that 774 million people in the world lack minimum literacy. Unfortunately, India falls below the threshold...

Mansi Firth reports on the efforts of the Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group to rid society of the scourge of gender inequality

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women” -- Jawaharlal Nehru Gender inequality is a pervasive problem and evident in cultures across the world. In India, it encompasses education, professional work, property ownership, relationships...