Even if the government increases the marriageable age, will they be able to curb the rates of female foeticide in India? Will merely increasing the marriageable age help parents understand that daughters aren’t a burden on the families?
Women in Kullu carried an expecting mother on a makeshift palanquin across 18 km of tough terrain and forested area when she complained of labour pain. The area lacks any medical facilities.
Women incarcerated in Arizona will now receive 36 sanitary pads a month instead of the 12 they were given earlier. They recently kicked of the #LetItFlow campaign, sending state Representative Thomas T.J Shope pads and tampons. The move was in response to a stalled bill in the Arizona House of Representatives. The bill wanted to provide […]
Soumya Swaminathan has become the WHO’s deputy director general. This is the second highest position at the United Nations. Swaminathan will replace Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah of Ghana. She is one of the three daughters of Dr M S Swaminathan, who is known as the father of India’s green revolution. Swaminathan has worked with Unicef from […]
A new law has been passed in Arkansas, USA. The law states that women need to get permission from the man who made them pregnant before they can have an abortion. For girls who are under 18-year-old, the parents get to decide whether their daughter can have an abortion. Need an abortion in Arkansas? You'll […]
She is a start-up geek with a tremendous interest in high-tech and internet industry. Apart from being a founder and CTO of Mera Medicare, Madhu Khandelwal a series of other Start-ups. In India the idea of ordering medicines online and delivering at the doorsteps is not very popular, she thought of making patients lives hassle free […]
Rehabilitation centres are meant to serve people with disabilities with care, but the one in Hyderabad is into the limelight for wrong reasons. In a disheartening event, a mentally-disabled woman was found naked and tied with chains in a rehabilitation centre in Hyderabad, reported India Today. Renuka (the victim) is confined to one room where […]
Dr Neetu Singh talks about how she started Saarthi Home Healthcare which aims to provide geriatrics and palliative care at the doorstep with highly-trained medical attendants and equipment.
