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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Clean cookstove experiences from the ground
Presentation by Anurag Bhatnagar of Grassroots Trading Network for Women at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
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Global initiatives on clean cookstoves: What has worked
Presentation by Donee Alexander of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
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Man-made' Climate Change a Major Woman's Problem
Men and women may not always be on the same footing but you would think both sexes would be equal in the face of gigantic floods, typhoons or droughts. Think again. Countless studies show that natural
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Man-made climate change is a major problem for women
GENEVA – Men and women may not always be on the same footing, but you would think both sexes would be equal in the face of gigantic floods, typhoons or droughts. Think again. Countless studies show
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Maternal nutrition much worse than what NFHS data show, says study
According to the study, 42.2% of Indian women are underweight when they begin pregnancy, nearly seven percentage points higher than the figure of 35.5% cited in the National Family Health Survey-3 A
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Study Says Pregnant Women in India Are Gravely Underweight
NEW DELHI — Her first child survived eight months before succumbing to pneumonia; her second was stillborn; her third, delivered in a rickshaw, gasped for an hour before dying. When she got pregnant
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Urbanisation, rural–urban migration and urban poverty
Rural-urban migration continues to attract much interest, but also growing concern. Migrants are often blamed for increasing urban poverty, but not all migrants are poor. In many cities, however, migrants
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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition?: a review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara
Interventions aimed at increasing water availability for livelihood and domestic activities have great potential to improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of
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Low carbon resilient development and gender equality in the least developed countries
Bringing together the dual aims of low-carbon and climate resilient development has become a significant policy goal in planning for climate change. This, along with an increasing recognition of the importance
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Nutrition security initiative begins in State
The adolescent girls of Jharkhand will be spearheading campaign to enlighten people about nutrition and its importance for the fairer sex. One girl from each district has been selected by a group of non-governmental