India

 If words were deeds

If a recently held seminar on the Girl Child in the capital is any indication, her plight is not going to improve in a hurry.

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Anuu Sharma
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Women, Children, Child Labour, SAARC, India
India

 Lured by money, rewarded with respect

Middle aged Munni, a Tharu tribal of Panchpera village in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, was one of the area's first women to be trained as a handpump mechanic in 1990. Considered the best in the area, she is responsible for 41 pumps, thre

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Tubewells, Tribals, Women, India
India

 Redefining women's role in society

ANGER should, ideally, lead to introspection. But all the anger generated by struggles women have waged in India over the last 15 years has not yielded a mature body of thought. So when someone like

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
Pamela Philipose
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Women, India
India

 Women on the warpath

Several women's activist groups and research organisations have decided to step up their agitation against the proposed amendment to the Maternity Benefits Act, which seeks to limit maternity leave

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
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Women, Family Planning, India
India

 Bringing technology to women

As part of women's welfare programmes, various NGOs are promoting the use of renewable and alternative energy.

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
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Renewable Energy, Women, Technology, India
Environment

 In search of equality

SOUTH Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) chairperson Khaleda Zia called for a movement for the empowerment of women. At a SAARC ministerial conference in Kathmandu, she said

Publication Date: 
14/01/1994
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Women, Human Rights
India

 Qualitywise, India is miles ahead

The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, pace and purposefulness.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
Sevanti Ninan
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Women, Child Labour, Economic Development, Video, Human Rights, India
Industry

 Women in danger

Women farm labourers are more vulnerable to pesticide poisoning -- and they don't even know it. A survey of 13 states conducted by the Consumers Forum, in collaboration with the Confederation of

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
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Pesticides, Natural Pesticides, Health Effects, Agricultural Labourers, Women
India

 Third World women want smaller families

FAMILY planning practices are growing rapidly, but not fast enough to make a dent in the world's population. The UN argues there is a large unmet demand for family planning services. In one

Publication Date: 
Monday, November 29, 1993
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Population, Women, Family Planning, UN, Statistics
Industry

 The women who are left behind

WEST ASIAN countries have ample funds at their disposal thanks to their oil reserves, but they suffer a lack of adequate manpower. Men from Kerala are among those who have gone to these countries to

Publication Date: 
29/11/1993
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Migration, Construction Workers, Industrial Workers, Women, Kerala

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