Simi Mehta and Anshula Mehta Gender inequality is so prevalent that it is witnessed even before the birth of a child. As a girl child grows enters into adolescence and further into adulthood, the disparities only widen. Under conditions of…
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute and Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3) High levels of female poverty, low female literacy and work participation rates, and high maternal and child mortality, indicate the extent of gender inequality in India. Women in…
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal Adivasi constitutes 8.8 percent of the total population and 12 percent of the rural population. There are more than 705 Adivasi groups spread across the country, however, they are largely concentrated in the north-eastern…
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 determined by our gender identity. Men and women are inserted into the patriarchal system of…
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi Agarwal The gender divide isn’t new even though there have been concerted efforts to reduce it. It is often said that disasters, diseases and calamities are usually not discriminatory but when we see outcomes…
Smita Kumar Intimate partner violence (IPV), or domestic violence, is often stereotyped as a problem of a lower socioeconomic class or minority group. However, the World Bank suggests that one in three women globally experience physical or sexual abuse by…
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta The plight of gender inequity in the country is scarcely a secret. Like most of the world, India is plagued with regressive patriarchal social norms, customs, and practices that seep into the socio-political structures prevalent today.…