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
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Youth in India 2017
<p>The publication Youth in India attempts to identify the issues of importance for youth under the broad categories- Population dynamics, marital statistics, fertility & contraception, Mortality &
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Rural distress on women farmer: an impact study
In January 2017, members of the Tamil Nadu Federation of Women Farmers’ Rights, a unit of Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch (MAKAAM), conducted a field study to document the impact of the drought-induced rural
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Women in STEMM: involve the institutions!
<p>While we really have no shortage of women learning science and excelling therein as well as in teaching science, their involvement in ‘doing’ science, in leading and directing scientific
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Women exposed to pollution 10 times more than Europeans: SEI report
Women living in Indian cities may inhale 10 times more pollution than those living in rural areas of developed nations. According to a report of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) published in
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New UN scheme to empower women entrepreneurs launched
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new initiative to support and empower rural women across the country. The organisation last week launched the second phase of Rural Women
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Five women engineering scientists in developing countries win 2017 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards
Five researchers have been named winners of the 2017 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for their research in engineering, innovation and technology. The
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding advertisements in websites which are in violation of Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, 16/02/2017
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Sabu Mathew George Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/02/2017 regarding advertisements in websites of Google India, Microsoft Corporation (I)
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Raising the bar: rethinking the role of business in the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development gives business a significant role to play in efforts to achieve the SDGs, based on its ability to invest and innovate. However, for companies to truly contribute,
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Injectable contraceptives- Failing Indian women
The campaign against Depo-Provera and the questions raised by the women’s groups still remain relevant. Reproductive rights, when reduced to “choice of contraceptives” without considering the overall health
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Nigeria: Senate Committee- Nigeria Has Highest Maternal Mortality Rate in the World
With 2,300 children below five years of age and 145 child-bearing women dying every day, Nigeria has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, it was learnt yesterday. Citing the report of the