India and Gender
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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Search BRIDGE's database of gender-focused material
- The BLDS gender collection
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Search for the latest gender-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Making a difference in the lives of women and girls: success stories
- United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Decades of poverty, deep-rooted caste hierarchies, and gender inequality do not change overnight. But in Uttar Pradesh, thousands of women are working together to empower themselves, creating new opportunities for social change.
- Guidance note on recovery: gender
- UNDP India, 2012
- There is currently an abundance of documents, plans and policies that address common issues faced in the mitigation, preparedness and relief phases of natural disaster management. Yet for disaster recovery planners and policy makers, ...
- Women’s empowerment, HIV and the MDGs: hearing the voices of HIV positive women
- UNDP India, 2010
- More than 25 years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, gender inequality and unequal power relations between and among women and men continue to be major drivers of HIV transmission. Gender inequality and harmful gender norms are not only...
- Women's empowerment in India: an analytical overview
- R. Upadhyay / Asia Foundation, 2010
- Women’s empowerment in India is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural), educational status, social status (caste and class), and age. Policies on women’s empowerment ex...
- Grassroots speakout on UN Women: outcome document
- Huairou Commission, 2011
- On March 2nd, grassroots women leaders from around the world voiced their key recommendations and experiences to Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Michelle Bachelet, and other representatives of UN Women ...
- The first pan-India survey of sex workers: a summary of preliminary findings
- R. Sahni / Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha, 2011
- This summary, written under the aegis of the Center for Advocacy on Stigma and Marginalisation (CASAM), presents the preliminary results of the first pan-India survey on sex workers. These preliminary findings have been developed for ...
- Report of the review meeting: gender and citizenship in the information society
- IT for Change, 2011
- The Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society (CITIGEN) research programme, launched in 2010, aims to explore the notion of marginalised women's citizenship as a normative project or an aspiration for equitable social membersh...
- Mahiti Manthana - reimagining a women's empowerment programme through digital technologies
- A. Gurumurthy / IT for Change, 2010
- For the last five years, IT for Change (ITfC) has been working with Prakriye - Centre for Community Informatics and Development1 in exploring how women's mobilisation and organising processes can be strengthened through new informatio...
- Gender-sensitive approaches and good practice examples from GIZ
- J. Krauss / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2011
- The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has made gender-specific challenges and responses to climate change a priority. The Ministry’s Development Policy Action Plan on Gender (2009–2012) calls...
- ICT initiatives, women and work in developing countries: reinforcing or changing gender inequalities in south india?
- R. Heeks; S. Morgan; S. Arun / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2004
- This paper argues that ICTs as a form of new technology are socially deterministic, with varied implications for women in terms of employment and empowerment dependent on the context within which the ICTs are utilised. The paper prese...
- Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN)
- The Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN) is a Non Profit Organization working in India towards the empowerment of marginalized and excluded sections of the population, with a special focus on women.
- The Goodwill Social Work Centre
- The Goodwill Social Work Centre aims to: promote the overall development of children, youth and women in rural and urban areas in India, who are socially and economically deprived provide family-centred home-based intensive services to children, youth and women in dysfunctional families in slums and backward areas in India sensitise rural and ur...
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
- SAHAYOG
- SAHAYOG is a registered non-profit voluntary organisation. It was established in 1992 with the aim of promoting sustainable, participatory rural development. SAHAYOG works in the Hindi-speaking states of north India, with its headquarters in Lucknow which is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. It uses the rights based approach to tackle issues like women’s health and their rights, gender equality, vio...
- Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICCSR)
- Promoting research in Indian social sciences
- Institute of Social Studies Trust, India (ISST)
- Research organisation concerned with the promotion of social justice and gender equity
- Centre for Social Research, India (CSR)
- CSR is a leading women's institution that works at the grassroots, regional and international levels to raise women's awareness of their rights, build inroads into decision-making institutions and eliminate violence against women. The organisation’s key areas of focus include gender and social justice, violence against women, HIV/AIDS awareness, trafficking in women and children. CSR concentrates...
- Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation (MVF)
- Action against child labour in India
- Social and Development Research and Action Group (SADRAG)
- Action research and development organisation focusing on gender and socio-economic issues in India
- Sampark, India
- Organization focussing on poverty reduction and women's empowerment in India
