Depression is very prevalent and often referred to as the common cold of psychiatry. According to the WHO, it is the leading cause of disability worldwide, reads the excerpt from Real Stories of Dealing with Depression by Amrita Tripathi and Arpita Anand.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwjjg5rfN2zE9oZmDDU4SkQ India has one of the lowest labour force participation rates for women. The country has made progress to reach 87 out of 144 countries for gender equality overall, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, India stands 136th for labour force participation. For many women who want to work, there are […]
Women in the National Capital Region were asked: Is Lack of Information a Critical Barrier to Availing of Skilling Opportunities? And here’s what the results looked like: 51.8% Strongly Agree 23.5 % Agree Source: UNDP SheThePeople Team visited Ashok Vihar in New Delhi to talk about skilling India, the informal economy, and why economic empowerment […]
Vijay Menon has been a champion of entrepreneurship for years. Through his work at TiE Global, he pushes young startup owners to take risks, get mentorship and scale up businesses. He says diversity in the workplace has to go much beyond lip service — women in leadership positions are a win-win for all. Are Indian […]
“Mansplaining isn’t some jokey thing you only see on Twitter, it’s an important thing. It’s as important to a girl in Bihar as it is to Hillary Clinton,” said writer and journalist, Bee Rowlatt in a discussion around manelists, misogyny and mansplaining at the recently concluded Jaipur Literature Festival. Also fabulous to meet @thethinkinbird @antaraganguli […]
Another year of reading comes to an end, and we hope that you have accomplished all your book goals for the year! We asked our favourite authors to tell us what they loved reading in 2016, and about the types of books that they can’t help but pick up. Here’s the list: 1. Mridula Koshy […]
Are modern Indian women still stuck in a pretty lousy binary — devi or dayan, deified or vilified, traditional/saintly vs ambitious and slutty? This was the theme of a fun and fiery conversation with the lawyer Malavika Rajkotia, journalist Swati Chaturvedi and writer Kavita Kane, moderated by writer and editor at-large SheThePeople.TV Amrita Tripathi.
It’s all about love, right? Who doesn’t like a good love story, at the end of the day? Trust Ravinder Singh to know it. He’s one of a handful of authors in India to consistently sell, prides himself on a pretty massive fan base, and isn’t resting on his laurels, not even with 5 novels under […]
Rachel Bali is the 23 year old founder of a social start-up, KrantiKālī, that aims to bring about a gender revolution in India, no less. Bali is passionate about gender equity, and tells SheThePeople.TV about being called a feminist before she even understood the definition… as well as her journey with KrantiKālī, and how it […]
It’s one of my biggest regrets. I wasted 3 years of my life being miserable at a job I will never do again
