Enhancing women’s participation in economic activities is very critical not only for achieving poverty reduction and economic development but it is also crucial for having true women empowerment. Any effort to cut down gender gap in participation in the economy contributes towards many other benefit of economic prosperity such as improvement in child survival, overall […]
“Research options in India are offered only after Post graduation. In many cases, girls are stopped from pursuing higher education because of societal pressure and limitations due to family pressure.”
In a bid to arm grannies with education, member of Parliament, Om Birla, and Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (CFCL) have launched the Matri Gyan Kendra in Kachnawada village in Sangod region of Rajasthan’s Kota district. The centre was inaugurated on Monday (Oct 30) with an aim to ameliorate the lives of the grandmothers of this region. The […]
Mothers assisting their children in studies is a norm. But children teaching moms, is a rare sight. Children, from classes VII to X living in Sangareddy in Talangana, were entrusted with teaching their mothers how to read and write the Telugu Alphabet. These mothers are now gearing up for National Institute of Open Schooling exam to […]
Despite devising strong measures to boost female literacy in Uttar Pradesh, the state of girls’ education remains abysmal. According to a recent survey by Bal Vikas Seva Evam Pushtahar, several districts in the state are witnessing a rise in the number of dropout of teenage girls from schools. The figures reveal in Etah, 9,368 girls between the age of […]
