Tag: Women
Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Asia and the...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sakshi ShardaCOVID has unleashed an unprecedented crisis, it threatens the process of fully realizing the SDG and also exacerbates fragilities...
Will Educated Haryanvi Women benefit from the Haryana Reservation in Private...
Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Anshula Mehta, Ishika ChaudharyThe state assembly passed a bill known as the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill in...
Abortion “Reform” in India – is it removing barriers to access...
Simi Mehta , Nishi VermaAbortion is a highly emotional issue and one that excites deeply held opinions. However, equitable access...
Adivasi Women: Issues of Forest, Land, and Livelihood
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi AgarwalAdivasi constitutes 8.8 percent of the total population and 12 percent of the rural population. There are more than...
Pandemic, Policy, and Patriarchy: Process of Gender De-equalization
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta'Gender' is the social construction of our identity. It defines a way of co-relating with each other through one's experiences, mainly...
Migrant Workers and Childcare in Thailand and Myanmar
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi VermaRecent increase in female labour migration across Asia have triggered a surge of interest in how the absence...
Perspectives on Climate Change, Society and Gender in India
Simi Mehta, Amita BhaduriClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors. It needs...
Forest Rights and People’s Movements in India
Amita BhaduriIn pre-colonial times, India’s forestlands were mostly under the use of the local communities. Forest policies led to centralisation in colonial times with...
Women’s Representation in India’s Corporate and Management Sector
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaIndian society and industry are predominantly under the control of the patriarchal system, leading to occupational segregation in the field of...
Blurred boundaries of women’s work amid COVID-19 pandemic
Ritu AgarwalHow does the coronavirus pandemic has affected women’s lives in Wuhan, China, is yet to be revealed in its substantial details. But from...
