Tag: Gender
Under the shadow of a Pandemic: Gender Employment & Migration
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta“Gendered impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been poorly understood due to the absence of sex-disaggregated data. Certainly, this data is...
Murky and gendered singlehood: Tales of single women in India
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu‘As a single parent, I juggle parenting and being a single breadwinner, daily. It’s a tough balance to maintain, and, in the...
Transforming India 2030 towards Gender Equality: Women and Sustainable Development Goal
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi AgarwalSince 1944, GDP is accepted as the standard measure of economic performance, which was initially commenced in 1934 by...
India requires an independent gender monitoring unit: Ms Prasad from NITI...
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaThe plight of gender inequity in the country is scarcely a secret. Like most of the world, India is plagued with...
Organized communal violence and Islamophobia: Differentiated concepts
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaIndian history has been witnessing a change in religious dynamics. The pre-independence period marked Britishers formulating the “two-nation theory”/ divide and...
Women Rights in the 21st century: From the lens of a...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta“Concept of gender equality has been modernized in last 50 years. It focuses on equalizing men and women in arena of...
Gender-responsive budgeting: Promoting Gender equality and equality through public expenditure
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaGender gaps has been observed in the various facets of society and in the system. For instance, there is a...
Natural Resources and Women in India
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaBuilding upon decades of international diplomatic relations and scientific research, the United Nations adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”...
Girl-Child Discrimination in India: Examining a Declining Child Sex Ratio
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaWomen are seen as nurturers and the providers of emotional caretaking, and men are considered providers of economic support. Despite...
Invisible Role of Women in Agriculture
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi Agarwal Female labor force participation rate across India from 1990 to 2019 has been declining. In the last decade,...
