World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
A drive through Tillenkeri panchayat in Kannur district in Kerala, which has hundreds of acres of multi-crop farms, is a delight for the eyes. Drive a few hundred kilometers further south-east, and the scene is repeated in Vattavada in the hilly Idukki district.
Women employees in Uttarakhand have reason to be more than happy with Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announcing on Tuesday that they would be entitled to two years' leave during their entire service period for children's proper care. A modern mother and child care hospital would also be set up in Dehra Dun at a cost of Rs.30 crore.
In Haryana, the state with the lowest malefemale sex ratio in the country, mothers have finally been acknowledged in key announcements made by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government on the occasion of International Women's Day. Henceforth, not only will all land allotments under the Mahatma Gandhi Grameen Basti Yojana be made jointly in the names of the "mother" and the "father" of beneficiary fa
The Orissa gov ernment will very soon bring its pet women reservation bill in the state Assembly. The bill proposes 50 per cent reservation for women in the three-tier panchayati raj institutions.
NEW DELHI: The Fourth Common Review Mission, evaluating the progress of the National Rural Health Mission, has recently submitted its report and noted considerable improvement in the development of health systems in various States.
<p>The State of Food and Agriculture 2011 launched by FAO presents comprehensive data and analysis on the critical role women play in agriculture & makes strong business case for investing in women.</p>
<p>The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development envisaged a comprehensive ‘Assessment Study of Impact and Sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ in the country.
<p>Women are a social group vulnerable to food insecurity despite being primary actors in the food chain. The problem of food insecurity among women is especially rampant in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
<p>This publication is the first to focus on the specific needs and challenges of girls and women at risk of, or living with, NCDs.