Rural marathon says it all for the girl child

Civil Society News, New Delhi

Every year, villages in Anupshahr tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh witness a unique event — a rural half-marathon. ...

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Transgenders try their hand at setting up enterprises

Sarita Brara, New Delhi

TRANSMAN Anmol lost his job as a computer instructor with a private company due to discrimination, he says. Transwoman Sanam, ...

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Index shows what makes a city safe for women

Rwit Ghosh, New Delhi

What are the key factors that make Indian cities safer for women? Safetipin, a social enterprise, together with the Asia ...

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'Me too' help for domestic workers

Sidika Sehgal, New Delhi

In November 2016, when the Martha Farrell Foundation (MFF), a non-profit, began working with domestic workers in Delhi and Gurugram ...

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Women's safety: DU colleges get their act together

Sidika Sehgal, New Delhi

Last year, when girl students of Gargi College, Kamala Nehru College and Jija Bai Industrial Training Institute for Women on ...

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'My life changed after I joined the SEWA Union'

Kavita Charanji, New Delhi

A panel discussion on March 7 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi gave women from the informal sector a ...

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Talking to young men about women

Kavita Charanji, New Delhi

TWenty-three-year-old Gaurav Tripathi comes from a large, conservative joint family headed by his paternal grandfather in Lucknow.  His mother is ...

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