Women

Literacy as a yardstick of social health

THE LITERACY level of a country both reflects and influences its economic and social status. It also has a close bearing with a country's population growth rate. In India, the Kerala example shows

Publication Date:

Saturday, November 14, 1992

Source: Down to Earth

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Women, Economic Development, Education, India, Kerala, Nagaland, Statistics

India

Indian farmers can take on the multinationals

Sharad Joshi, the well known, controversial farm leader from Maharashtra, outlines a new strategy for agriculture.

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19921115

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Agriculture, Farmers, Women, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), India, Maharashtra

India

Is ecology a constraint on female literacy?

"ONE BY one each of the girls answered my questions. What was their name and age? What do they do during the day? What do their parents do? Had they ever been to school and for how long? The children

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19921115

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0

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Women, Children, Education, India, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan

India

Life beyond the pale

IT WAS on the day following Independence Day this year that Chuni Kotal, the first woman graduate from the Lodha Sabar community of West Bengal, who was working for a master's degree in

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Author(s): Pamela Philipose

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19921015

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Scheduled Castes, Women, India

Environment

In the Western approach to stories on the environment, topics are wrapped in neat packages: from rainforests to big dams. But writing on rural development or women's education can also reflect concern for the environment.

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Author(s): Derek Brown

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19921015

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Environment, Rural Development, Education, Women

India

United, these survive, save and survive

A voluntary organisation is transforming the lifestyles of villagers by involving women in collective work. The men are also following suit, but not so successfully

Publication Date:

29/09/1992

Author(s): Amit Mitra

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19920930

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0

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Bamboo Workers, Women, India, Tamil Nadu

India

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long acting female contraceptives like Net oen and Norplant 6, believed to have dangerous side effects. It took its case to the Supreme Court and got the government to

Publication Date:

30/08/1992

Author(s): Ajit Menon

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19920831

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Women, Health Care, Contraception, India

Environment

Overcoming the gender barrier

Several voluntary agencies are working to provide greater control over natural resource use.

Publication Date:

30/08/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Rural Habitat, Women

India

Time for Green from the ground up

The show is over. It's time to stop talking and get down to work

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Author(s): Gail Omvedt

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19920715

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0

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Tribals, Women, UN, India, Orissa (Odisha)

India

Neem contraceptive

NEEM is being tested as a contraceptive that can be injected or applied in the vagina. While the contraceptive effect of the injection is expected to last for as long as six months, the vaginal

Publication Date:

14/06/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Neem, Women, Contraception, India, Delhi