Category Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion

Women at Construction Worksites: Why Women Matter in India’s Construction Sector

Women at Construction Worksites: Why Women Matter in India’s Construction Sector

from Madhavi Latha, the engineer who braved mountains to work on the world’s highest Chenab Bridge, to Akanksha Kumari, Coal India’s first female mining engineer, to the Border Roads Organisation appoints its first Woman Executive Engineer to command a road
construction Company, to Komatsu training its first Batch of women excavator Operators, to a team of 17 Women Engineers from L&T

BioCARe Programme 2011: Empowering Women in Biotechnology Research

BioCARe Programme 2011: Empowering Women in Biotechnology Research

The Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation (BioCARe) Programme is a targeted initiative by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. The programme started with an objective to enhance the presence of female researchers in Biotechnology and allied areas in the country. BioCare provides sanctioned extramural research funding to unemployed female researchers.

Policy Update 9 1

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017: A Right Delayed, A Policy Denied

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 has been a significant milestone in India’s Labor welfare framework, especially for the women working in the formal sector. In order to amend the already existing 1961 legislation, the Act extends paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks for women with less than two surviving children.

Karnataka's Yuva Nidhi Scheme 2024

Karnataka’s Yuva Nidhi Scheme 2024

India has the largest youth population in the world, with approximately forty percent of the global youth present in the country. This is often referred to as a ‘youth bulge’,  which helps a country foster economic growth and innovation through the efforts of a young workforce. However, it also leads to high competition for resources and opportunities.

Evaluating Healthcare Access for Trans Women and Gender-Fluid AFAB Individuals within India’s Cisgender Policy Framework

Evaluating Healthcare Access for Trans Women and Gender-Fluid AFAB Individuals within India’s Cisgender Policy Framework

The term “transgender” is used to describe individuals whose innate sense of one’s gender, expression, or behaviour is not in alignment with the sociocultural expectations emerging from the gender assigned to them at birth, legally and medically. [1] The term “AFAB” is an acronym meaning “Assigned Female at Birth"; it describes individuals who were assigned female at birth based on certain characteristics of their bodies at birth.

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