Tag: Women
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...
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...
Budget 2021 for #AtmaNirbharKrishi towards New India
Dr Simi Mehta, Ritika Gupta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal and Nikhil JacobDownload PDFThere is a widespread sentiment that agriculture is an activity of low...
