By Vidhi Doshi Mumbai: On her regular rounds of Bollywood casting studios, Mona Mathews says she will occasionally be asked: “Are you willing to compromise?” She says no, although if she were more ambitious, the 48-year-old belly dancer and aspiring actress says, she would have to say yes. For newcomersContinue Reading
Churches celebrate women’s day but never touch the entrenched structures of discrimination existing in themContinue Reading
The numbers are stark – for the first time in India’s recent history, not only was there a decline in the female labour participation rate, but also a shrinking of the total number of women in the workforce. Nearly 20 million Indian women quit work between 2004-05 to 2011-12 TheContinue Reading
New Delhi: Over 51 per cent of work done by women in India is unpaid and not counted in national statistics, with some estimates even putting this proportion at 85-92 per cent, says a report by the high-level panel set up by the UN Secretary General. It called for greaterContinue Reading
Ipsos, based in France, undertook the studyContinue Reading
It was revealed in a five-year study on 2,400 womenContinue Reading
Eighty-five percent of India’s family planning budget is used to promote and conduct sterilisations on women, the head of a prominent charity said on Friday, calling for more funds to be channelled towards providing alternative forms of contraception. Poonam Muttreja, executive director of the Population Foundation of India (PFI), saidContinue Reading
