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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Empowerment of women and mental health promotion: a qualitative study in rural Maharashtra, India
The global burden of mental illness is high and opportunities for promoting mental health are neglected in most parts of the world. Many people affected by mental illness live in developing countries,
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Sanitary napkins with bamboo pulp score over regular pads
In a first-of-its-kind venture in India, bamboo pulp is being used in the manufacture of sanitary pads as absorbing material, instead of the regular wood pulp. Bamboo pulp has advantages
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Orissa tribals struggle to regain cashew rights
"I have no choice but to leave my village in search of work. Otherwise, my family will starve,' says Samra Malik of Malikput village in Orissa's Koraput district. He, and several others landless like
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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in developing countries. We assessed the effect of screening using visual inspection with 4% acetic acid (VIA) on cervical cancer incidence and mortality
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Effect of visual screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Tamil Nadu, India: a cluster-randomised trial
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in developing countries. We assessed the effect of screening using visual inspection with 4% acetic acid (VIA) on cervical cancer incidence and mortality
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Viable entrepreneurial trades for women in agriculture in Haryana
It has been realized that promotion of entrepreneurship among women can play a major role in economic development and poverty reduction in rural areas. With this background in mind, this study was formulated and assigned to AER Centres. The basic objective of the study has been to understand viability of women entrepreneurial trades in rural Haryana.
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A Green Revolution for the women in farm households
This paper argues for a broader definition of agriculture than mere production of crops, in which the women in farm families participate for greater value addition to agriculture. Such an approach gives a special place to the economic empowerment of women as an objective in a search for a more gender balanced society.
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The future population of India - A long range demographic view
<p>India's population passed the one billion mark in 2000, and its population is likely to pass China's as the world's largest within 20 years. All of this leads quite naturally to the question: how large might the population of the world's largest democracy become?</p>
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South Asia
declining fertility
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Women, children worst victims of indoor air pollution
World Health Organization (who) says over 3 billion people use solid fuels, including biomass