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Blogs4 months agoOpinion: World Environment Day Special – Engendering Climate Change Action
The growing issue of climate change is increasing risks for gender-based inequality and threatens to widen gender‐based disparities
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Blogs4 months ago
Opinion: Poor Menstrual Hygiene Leads To Increased Susceptibility To Cervical Cancer
As per the data from National Family Health Survey (2019-21), 70% of women aged 15-24 in rural India do not use sanitary napkins during their periods
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Blogs5 months ago
Opinion: Importance Of Mental Health Awareness At School
Mental illness cases start manifesting early signs around 15-17 years of age. The whole purpose of involving schools is to look for early signs and symptoms...
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Blogs5 months ago
Opinion: Anaemia Is Not Just A Rural Phenomena, Its Prevalence In Urban Slums Needs Attention
Iron deficiency anaemia is one of the leading contributors to global disease burden, particularly affecting children, pre-menopausal women, and people residing in low and middle-income countries....
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Blogs6 months ago
Opinion: Individual Household Toilets Are Essential In Reducing Exposure To Covid And Gender Based Violence
For the urban poor in India, a section that depends upon shared toilets, the risk of contracting Covid is much higher, say experts
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Blogs7 months ago
Opinion: Nutrition And Empowerment – Connecting The Dots
International Women’s Day: Engaging community women to run the take-home ration production units is a unique gender-transformative initiative, writes Parvinder Singh from World Food Programme, India
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Blogs7 months ago
Opinion: Access For Disabled, Many Hurdles To Cross
Persons with Disabilities are not a homogenous group, their access needs are diverse, writes Muralidharan of National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled
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Blogs8 months ago
Opinion: Our Response To Child Marriages Cannot Rely On The Use Of Legal Instruments Alone
Child marriages not only undervalue the girl child and deprive them of childhood but are also detrimental to their health and well-being
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Blogs8 months ago
National Girl Child Day Special: ‘We Need To Invest And Make Our Girls Healthy’
Basanta Kumar Kar explains why India needs to focus on creating healthy girls
Dettol Launches India’s First Hygiene Olympiad Under Its Dettol Banega Swasth India Initiative
Dettol Banega Swasth India Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week With Its Reach Each Child Initiative
Reckitt’s Commitment For A Better Future: Diarrhoea Net Zero Programme Launched In Uttar Pradesh
Press Release: Dettol Banega Swasth India Launches ‘Diarrhoea Net Zero’ With Support From The Government Of Uttar Pradesh
Sense Of An Ending: Scientists Say Worst Of Covid Could Be Over
The pandemic will be over but Covid will be here to stay, the scientists said as Covid numbers begin to...
Assam To Use Portable Device ‘SAANS’ To Stop Neonatal Deaths
'SAANS' is a portable neonatal Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system that can provide lifesaving breathing support to infants in...
World Leaders Pledge More Support For Nature Ahead Of UN Summit
Economists say that to reverse the decline in biodiversity by 2030, the world needs to be spending as much as...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Destroyed Rainforests Same As What India Emits Annually: Study
Every year, 10 million hectares of tropical forest are lost and if we do not halt this by 2030, it...
Air Pollution: Delhi Gearing Up To Implement Graded Response Action Plan From October 1
Graded Response Action Plan -- a set of anti-air pollution measures followed according to the severity of the situation --...
