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Odisha: How one girl’s choice is challenging child marriage
When 14-year-old Saismruti experienced her first period, her mother followed a decades-old local tradition by immediately isolating her in a nearby house for six days. No male member, including her father, was allowed to visit or see her during this time. On the seventh day, Saismruti was welcomed back home,...
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Reimagining road safety and saving India’s riders
23 October 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
When patriarchy rules, gender equality is a far cry
28 August 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
Family planning in India: Need for couple-centric strategies
11 July 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
Telangana’s fight against child labour
27 June 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
Population expansion: The silent burden on India’s women
29 May 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
Fighting anaemia and malnutrition in Gujarat
30 April 2025 | Swapna Majumdar -
Women entrepreneurs plant the seeds of health
21 March 2025 | Swapna Majumdar
How antibiotic-free poultry empowered a mother and her community
By raising chickens with natural remedies instead of antibiotics, women in Uttar Pradesh are safeguarding their health and boosting their incomes Four-month-old Angel Singh is a post-term baby. Having been born after a ten-month pregnancy, many of her family members were afraid she would be weak and sickly. But Pinky always...
Challenging menstrual taboos in rural India
Cultural taboos and lack of awareness often confine girls and women to their homes, keeping them away from school, kitchens and religious spaces In India, approximately 335 million women experience menstruation but the majority of them are uncomfortable about speaking about it or discussing their menstrual hygiene problems. Parents, especially in rural...
Witch-hunting in India: A persistent plague claiming women’s lives
Despite legal interventions, witch-hunting remains a grim reality in parts of India, targeting marginalised women In 2014, Partners for Law in Development (PLD), a legal resource group working on social justice and women’s rights, carried out a study to understand the reasons behind rising violence against women in the name of...
Antimicrobial resistance: An invisible risk for women health
With AMR deaths projected to exceed 10 million annually by 2050, a gender-sensitive, intersectional approach is critical to tackling this silent epidemic When antibiotics or antimicrobials, impactful the first few times, lose their efficacy as their intake increases, sometimes unthinkingly and unnecessarily, it indicates that the bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites...
