India and Gender
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
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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
- Obstacles and opportunities in the use of ICTs by resource-poor farmers, women and youth in ACP countries
- N. Hafkin; H. Hodame / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002
- This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues: Gender, ICTs and agri...
- Trends in climate variability that men and women farmers face to ensure food security
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- This report presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in India Mahbubnagar and Anantapur. This FAO study uses gender, institutional, and climate analyses to document ...
- Evolving men: initial results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
- G Barker / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
- Men’s attitudes and practices related to gender equality are changing for the better. This report contains the initial results of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), part of the Men and Gender Equality Pol...
- Older women in India face marginalisation
- Agewell Foundation, 2011
- India has a population of approx. 60 million older women (60+). This reporrt argues that in India, women have never found themselves at the centre stage, and have always been marginalised from the mainstream of the society. Livi...
- The global financial and economic crisis and its impact on women: a human rights perspective
- S Nigam; S Mishra / Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2011
- How has the global financial and economic crisis impacted on south Asian countries, and how has it affected women and men differently? Common economic analyses have highlighted the social impact using financial indicators. But this ap...
- Climate changes are affecting India’s households and responsibility for adaptation is falling on women’s shoulders
- R. Øvstegård; K. R. Kakumanu; A. Lakshmanan / Bioforsk, 2010
- This report outlines important gender issues in climate change adaptation and agriculture, presenting preliminary findings of an analysis carried out in India. General findings include: women’s tradit...
- Changing Their World 2nd edition
- S Batliwala (ed) / Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
- This selection of four new case studies are an addition to the well received ‘Changing Their World’, publication from 2008, which contained ten case studies and considered what we mean by women’s movements, what make...
- Sex Work and Women's Movements
- S Shah / CREA, 2011
- What relationships exist between women’s movements and sex workers’ movements? How have historical developments and discourses shaped these relationships, and what are the theoretical and strategic tensions that exist at t...
- A Holistic Approach to Gender Equality and Social Justice
- M Friedman; R Gordezky / Gender at Work, 2011
- The authors of this paper describe the key elements of Gender at Work’s Organisation Strengthening Program: the Integral Framework, Action Learning and Capacitar practices. These represent ideas woven together from a variety of ...
- Perspectives on the human rights of the elderly in India
- Agewell Foundation, 2011
- The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold. Better medical facilities, care and liberal family planning policies made the elderl...
- 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
