Tag Gender inequality
Law in my kitchen: Notion of privacy in the context of gender, body, desire, sexuality
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Gender-based Violence & Safety: Orchestrating the Role of Men, Women, Communities, and Spaces
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta COVID- 19 among its myriad impacts has led to an increase in gender-based violence. There has been a rise in sexual violence against women. United Nations recognizing the violence launched the campaign “The Shadow Pandemic- Violence…
Need to Measure Masculinity through the Lens of Gender Equality
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…
Release of study Findings Rural Telephonic Time Use Survey Study in Bihar- Life in the Era of COVID-19: Impact on VillageMakers of Bihar and Future Prospects
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…
Adivasi Women: Issues of Forest, Land, and Livelihood
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…
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 determined by our gender identity. Men and women are inserted into the patriarchal system of…