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Last month, the government released a factsheet of the key findings from the Time Use Survey conducted in 2024. The survey, with crucial data on how women spend their days is also sensitive to errors

Uniforms are a path to social identity and status, but they can become an imposition when detached from women’s social contexts and needs

A polythene bag clasped over their head is all the protection many domestic workers and women vendors have against heavy coastal monsoons

In a London beauty salon run by women from the subcontinent, links between caste, food and odour echo the arguments in the debate in India over a ‘pure vegetarian’ delivery fleet

On World Toilet Day, here are the stories of two women who struggle to keep sanitation complexes in the slums of Mumbai clean and safe

There are growing instances of criminalisation of women workers protesting for better work conditions and wages. After ASHA, Anganwadi and Mid-Day Meal workers, this is happening to the communications workers at Dial 112 in Uttar Pradesh

Parlours are small pockets of rebellion and assertion where girls and young women find solidarity in small towns and villages

As a young PhD student just embarking on research, I was very certain that I wanted to contribute to the field of education economics. After completing […]