More Women In India’s Labour Force Now But In Low-Paying Or Unpaid Work
The findings in the latest labour force survey indicate that the rising aspirations of educated rural women are not matched by opportunities in non-agricultural work
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Has Not Caused Any Significant Shifts: Report
Opacity surrounded the outcomes of the BJP-led NDA government’s flagship scheme for girl children. Data on sex ratio and education do not show significant changes
Why Justice Remains Elusive For Adivasi Victims Of Sexual Violence
In 2017, a 15-year-old Adivasi student in Odisha’s Cuttack district was raped by a group of men wearing police uniforms as she was returning from the […]
Why Surveillance Measures Will Not Ensure Women’s Safety
The numbers do not tell the complete story of violence against women and this means that the measures based on existing evidence are inadequate too
Has Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’s Media Advocacy Focus Achieved The Desired Outcomes?
The improvements in parameters related to the girl child cannot be solely attributed to the scheme’s implementation
In Govt’s Maternal Health Scheme, Big Gap Between Intent And Reality
Initiatives to make the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana more effective has not quite worked out the way it should, we find
Budget 2024: Empty Declarations, Insufficient Allocations For Key Schemes
Schemes aimed at women did not get the big push they needed, we find
After Recent Elections, Women’s Share Increases In 4 State Assemblies
Two in five women fielded by major parties won in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana elections
Women Win In Tougher Poll Fights In Rajasthan, Yet Don’t Get Enough Chances
In the last two decades of their rivalry in Rajasthan, only around 10% of the candidates picked by the BJP and Congress have been women
Why Lives And Deaths Of Trans Persons Remain Underreported, Undocumented
Procedural issues around self-identification mean that the real numbers are rarely reflected in official data, show studies
Why Delhi’s Sex Ratio Ranks Among The Worst In India
The sex ratio of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has been consistently skewed over three decades, shows a BehanBox analysis. The reason for this lies […]
Why India Is Struggling With The Burden Of Teen Pregnancies
The pandemic may have undone decades of work in controlling teen pregnancies, shows a Behanbox analysis: at least 7% of all women aged 15-19 years began […]
Why Delhi Cannot Celebrate Its Declining Gender Crime Numbers Yet
Here are some critical data-points on crimes against women in Delhi for the year 2020 from the Crime in India report by National Crime Records Bureau. 997 […]
Indian Women Are Exercising More Agency But Urban-Rural Gaps Persist
Indian women are exercising more agency as they participate more in decision making within their households, own and operate bank accounts and mobile phones, and own […]
Women’s Political Representation In Assam Slips To Its Lowest In 20 Years
Fewer women will now occupy seats in the newly elected Vidhan Sabha (state legislative assembly) in Assam in 2021. Six women were elected in the recently […]
Rising Caesarean Births Increase Inequity For Women Among Different Social Groups
Caesarean births are on the rise in almost all Indian states, according to latest available data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). In the southern […]
Teen Pregnancies Drop In India, Urban Rural Divide Still High
Teen pregnancies declined in most states and UTs of the country but there continues to be a great divide between rural and urban India according to […]
Indian Women Have Greater Voice in Households But Less Property Ownership
More women are engaging in making decisions within their households, are owning and using bank accounts and mobile phones which reflects greater agency that they are […]
Bihar’s Gender Budget Fails To Bridge Gender Gap
Gender gaps in Bihar are glaring. Nearly half (46%) of women in Bihar are illiterate, increasing their chances of being married early, found a new report […]
Women Continue To Be Underrepresented in India’s Parliament
Women’s political participation remains abysmally low in the Lok Sabha- the directly elected House of the Parliament as well as state legislative assemblies. The current Lok […]
Women Continue To Be Underrepresented in Delhi Assembly
Delhi Vidhan Sabha, the elected body of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, has a dismal representation of women. Only 9% of the elected MLAs in […]
Women’s Political Participation Sees A Steady Increase In Jharkhand
Women’s political representation in Jharkhand has seen a constant upward surge since the state came into existence in 2000. The proportion of women Members of Legislative […]
Haryana’s Women Carve a Larger Role in The State’s Politics
In Haryana, a state with a skewed sex ratio (913 girls to 1000 boys, an improvement from 830 girls in 2011), there is one gender indicator […]
Women Hold Fewer Ministerial Positions In State Governments
Telangana, the newest state in Southern India, finally has women ministers in the state’s council of ministers for the first time in its history. In a […]
In Bihar’s Political Realignment, Women Suffer
As a first-time member of the legislative assembly (MLA) in Bihar, Jyothi Devi, 46, did well over her five-year term: She had 10 bridges—some of which were demanded […]
From Proxies To Politicians: Bihar’s Female MLAs
Thirty five years ago, Bhagirathi Devi was a sweeper in the block development office in Narkatiyaganj, a town in Bihar’s West Champaran district. Today, she is a third-term […]
