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International Day Of Rural Women: A Day That Celebrates Contribution Of Village Women
On International Rural Women's Day, United Nations Women, along with the United Nations community, is drawing attention to the implementation of commitments to gender equality.
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A Long Walk To Water For Odisha's Rural Women
Inconsistent water supply, rising temperature add to water crisis in Odisha's Mayurbhanj.
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Tracking Progress: India's Commitment Towards Global Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, 193 world leaders will committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people. This is not the first time the world h...
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Centre's New Scheme To Give Interest-Free Commercial Vehicle Loan To Women In Villages
The Centre will launch a new scheme to provide interest-free loan to women self-help groups in rural areas on the purchase of small commercial vehicles, to boost public transport and generate employment.
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Armed With Smartphones, Rural Women Are Marking Their Digital Footprints
Armed with a smartphone, 26-year-old Pushpa Bunker travels from village to village in Rajasthan to introduce rural women to the world of internet. In Chhatripara village alone, she has taught over 600 women within a year on how to browse the internet for not just learning but also earning. She has been a part of Internet Saathi programme, an initia...
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How Climate Changes Are Affecting The Rural Women In India
New Delhi: Men migrating to bigger towns in search of employment to support their families in the villages is not uncommon. Climate change, which has caused a spike in natural disasters, has caused this change, adding to other factors like poverty and unemployment. Not only has there been a rise in trafficking of women, but a World Bank study has a...
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Biodegradable Sanitary Pads Made Of Banana Fibre To Reach Rural Women In Jharkhand
Kolkata: Three women entrepreneurs embarked on a journey in 2014 to produce eco-friendly and affordable sanitary pads to benefit rural women in India. Founded by Kristin Kagetsu, Amrita Saigal and Grace Kane, social enterprise ‘Saathi’ is currently aiming to deliver one million biodegradable sanitary pads made from banana fibre to rural women i...
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Rural Women Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals, Shows Study
By Devanik Saha/IndiaSpend There was a 24 per cent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by Brookings India, a think tank, significant in a country where half the rural population uses private healthcare, which is four times costlier. Overall, there was a six per cent rise in dependence on ...
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In India's Small Towns, More Women Opting For Post-Graduation Than Men
The performance of India’s female athletes at the Rio Olympic Games got the entire country talking about gender equality. The strongest case was that of Sakshi Malik, India’s first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. The discourse moved to her hometown- Rohtak, in Haryana – one of the state’s 17 districts classified as gender-critical....
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Spicejet Fetes 20 Rural 'Women Of Substance' On All-Women Crew Flight
Saluting the spirit of womanhood, SpiceJet in collaboration with two non-profit organisations working for women's empowerment, flew 20 women from rural hinterlands on an all-women crew flight to the Art of Living Centre in Benguluru on Tuesday that was celebrated as International Women's Day.
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Hindustan Zinc Trains Rural Women in Uniform-Making
Hindustan Zinc has trained at least 150 rural and tribal women in making school uniforms in an eight-day workshop under its "Sakhi" women's empowerment campaign in Udaipur, a company statement said today.
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International Day Of Rural Women: A Day That Celebrates Contribution Of Village Women
On International Rural Women's Day, United Nations Women, along with the United Nations community, is drawing attention to the implementation of commitments to gender equality.
-
A Long Walk To Water For Odisha's Rural Women
Inconsistent water supply, rising temperature add to water crisis in Odisha's Mayurbhanj.
-
Tracking Progress: India's Commitment Towards Global Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, 193 world leaders will committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality and injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. In all countries. For all people. This is not the first time the world h...
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Centre's New Scheme To Give Interest-Free Commercial Vehicle Loan To Women In Villages
The Centre will launch a new scheme to provide interest-free loan to women self-help groups in rural areas on the purchase of small commercial vehicles, to boost public transport and generate employment.
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Armed With Smartphones, Rural Women Are Marking Their Digital Footprints
Armed with a smartphone, 26-year-old Pushpa Bunker travels from village to village in Rajasthan to introduce rural women to the world of internet. In Chhatripara village alone, she has taught over 600 women within a year on how to browse the internet for not just learning but also earning. She has been a part of Internet Saathi programme, an initia...
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How Climate Changes Are Affecting The Rural Women In India
New Delhi: Men migrating to bigger towns in search of employment to support their families in the villages is not uncommon. Climate change, which has caused a spike in natural disasters, has caused this change, adding to other factors like poverty and unemployment. Not only has there been a rise in trafficking of women, but a World Bank study has a...
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Biodegradable Sanitary Pads Made Of Banana Fibre To Reach Rural Women In Jharkhand
Kolkata: Three women entrepreneurs embarked on a journey in 2014 to produce eco-friendly and affordable sanitary pads to benefit rural women in India. Founded by Kristin Kagetsu, Amrita Saigal and Grace Kane, social enterprise ‘Saathi’ is currently aiming to deliver one million biodegradable sanitary pads made from banana fibre to rural women i...
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Rural Women Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals, Shows Study
By Devanik Saha/IndiaSpend There was a 24 per cent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by Brookings India, a think tank, significant in a country where half the rural population uses private healthcare, which is four times costlier. Overall, there was a six per cent rise in dependence on ...
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In India's Small Towns, More Women Opting For Post-Graduation Than Men
The performance of India’s female athletes at the Rio Olympic Games got the entire country talking about gender equality. The strongest case was that of Sakshi Malik, India’s first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. The discourse moved to her hometown- Rohtak, in Haryana – one of the state’s 17 districts classified as gender-critical....
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Spicejet Fetes 20 Rural 'Women Of Substance' On All-Women Crew Flight
Saluting the spirit of womanhood, SpiceJet in collaboration with two non-profit organisations working for women's empowerment, flew 20 women from rural hinterlands on an all-women crew flight to the Art of Living Centre in Benguluru on Tuesday that was celebrated as International Women's Day.
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Hindustan Zinc Trains Rural Women in Uniform-Making
Hindustan Zinc has trained at least 150 rural and tribal women in making school uniforms in an eight-day workshop under its "Sakhi" women's empowerment campaign in Udaipur, a company statement said today.
