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Empowering Rural Women
A Regional Women Leaders' Convention is being held on 24-25 March 2011, in Mau, UP, as part of the Empowering Rural Women (ERW) programme, which has been operating in 253 Gram Panchayats (village councils) of 10 districts of UP, since December 2007
Women Fight for The Freedom of ‘Binayak Sen’ in India
Interestingly, some of the strongest voices behind this struggle for justice are those of women. Besides Sen's octogenarian mother, and his wife Ilina - an academic, who has been a pillar of strength for him and the pointsperson in the legal fight
Women’s Role Crucial to Restore Peace and Democracy in Nepal
Speaking during the global launch, Nepal's Secretary to the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, Dhruba Prasad Sharma, explained why he believed women were central to the peace-building efforts in his country. Not only they played an important rol
Social Determinants Put Women At Risk of Tuberculosis
It is no coincidence but rather an ill-synergy of a range of factors that increase the risk for a woman to get tuberculosis (TB). In India, sixty per cent women are poor which often means poor living conditions, poor food, long working hours and ign
Most Women With TB Become Homeless in India
According to the study done by Tuberculosis Research Centre in India alarming numbers of women with tuberculosis (TB) become homeless once diagnosed with TB. At a meeting on importance of addressing TB in context of women's health organized by Glob
