Agriculture

Self-help strategies come to the rescue in difficult times

M.J. PRABU

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Farmers, Women, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Orissa (Odisha), Kendrapara (D)
People

Into Darker Hearths

While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Devaki Jain
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Economy, Workers, Women, Unemployment, UN, India, Lucknow (T)
People

Into Darker Hearths

While the recession, stock-market fluctuations, job losses, stimulus packages to revive industry and efforts to pull the GDP growth back to 9 percent are making headlines, a crucial subtext stands ignored.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Devaki Jain
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Economy, Workers, Women, Unemployment, UN, India, Lucknow (T)
Health

About 50 pc mothers, children affected with anemia in Natore

About 50 percent mother and children in Natore are affected with anemia while one third women of Natore district are suffering from long-term malnutrition, creating a sort of threat for a healthy nation.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Malnutrition, Women, Children, Anaemia, Bangladesh
Health

Urgent need to stem maternal mortality

NEW DELHI:

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Women, Maternal Health
Water Supply

Seen but not heard?: a review of the effectiveness of gender approaches in water and sanitation service provision

This study aims to look beyond the simple inclusion of women in village institutions and meetings, and understand whether the approaches being promoted by WaterAid and NEWAH are actually resulting to equity in influence over decisions made in water and sanitation. In addition, the study has tried to assess the benefits and impacts on men and women from improved access

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
WaterAid Nepal
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Drinking Water, Health, Sanitation, Women, Nepal
Governance And Institutions

The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision: survey evidence from Karnataka

In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Katharina Raabe, Madhushree Sekher, Regina Birner
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Women, Rural Development, Political Decentralisation, Governance, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, India, Karnataka
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Younger age of escalation of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian subjects

Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific trends in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescent and young urban Asian Indians.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Rajeev Gupta, Anoop Misra, Naval K Vikram & et al
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
9
28
1-12
Tags:
Heart Diseases, Asia, India, Epidemiological Studies, Tobacco, Smoking, Obesity, Health Effects, Diabetes, Women, Jaipur (T), Delhi, Child Health, Statistics, Nutrition, Developing Countries
Biodiversity

Role of non timber forest products (NTFPs) including medicinal and aromatic plants for socio-economic plants

Natural plant resources yielding both timber and non timber forest products (NTFP) have gained ground in the present global scenario for rural and urban upliftment for poverty alleviation and amelioration of national income respectively.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2009
M. P. Shiva
MFP News
19
3
9
Tags:
Minor Forest Produce, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, India, Women, Rural Development
Health

 Breastfeed longer

Its positive effects stay on for years breastfeeding for longer time periods reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks for the mother, later in life. 100,000 post-menopausal women in the US, who reported at least one live birth in their lifetime, were studied for risk of cardiovascular diseases by a team of researchers. Mothers who breastfed their children for at least a

Publication Date: 
29/06/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Women, Child Health, Breast Feeding, Heart Diseases, United States Of America (US)

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