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
Women
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Into Darker Hearths
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored.
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Into Darker Hearths
While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored.
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About 50 pc mothers, children affected with anemia in Natore
About 50 percent mother and children in Natore are affected with anemia while one third women of Natore district are suffering from long-term malnutrition, creating a sort of threat for a healthy nation.
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Urgent need to stem maternal mortality
NEW DELHI:
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Seen but not heard?: a review of the effectiveness of gender approaches in water and sanitation service provision
This study aims to look beyond the simple inclusion of women in village institutions and meetings, and understand whether the approaches being promoted by WaterAid and NEWAH are actually resulting to equity in influence over decisions made in water and sanitation. In addition, the study has tried to assess the benefits and impacts on men and women from improved access
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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision: survey evidence from Karnataka
In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women.
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Younger age of escalation of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian subjects
Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific
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Role of non timber forest products (NTFPs) including medicinal and aromatic plants for socio-economic plants
<p>Natural plant resources yielding both timber and non timber forest products (NTFP) have gained ground in the present global scenario for rural and urban upliftment for poverty alleviation and amelioration of national income respectively. </p>
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Breastfeed longer
Its positive effects stay on for years breastfeeding for longer time periods reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks for the mother, later in life. 100,000 post-menopausal women in the US, who reported at least one live birth in their lifetime, were studied for risk of cardiovascular diseases by a team of researchers. Mothers who breastfed their children for at least a