#GirlTalk is SheThePeople’s advice column. Have a question? Send it to us [email protected] – It can be anonymous if you’d like it that way. Women from different walks of life share advice and their personal experience to help you overcome your own inhibitions. In this series, today we are partnering with Save the Children India (STC) which […]
There are reasons to laud our attempt to create a better environment for our children. One such reason is the Global Childhood Report 2019. It says India has improved it’s score.
In an online survey conducted by Save The Children, a global NGO based in Karnataka, some hard-hitting facts and opinions surfaced recently. Ninety per cent of respondents from Karnataka, who took part in a seven-state online survey, felt that girls feared sexual abuse the most in public places. As many as 8,000 men and women, 2,966 […]
Women’s safety in public spaces has always been an issue in India. A recent perception survey by global experts of the Thomson Reuters Foundation India has been ranked as the world’s most dangerous country for women, a conclusion that has come under much debate. New research by Save The Children focuses on understanding safety perceptions among young girls […]
This Menstrual Hygiene Day, let’s meet Manisha Kamble who is a Community Health Volunteer for the children living in street situations in Mumbai. The sixteen-year-old has a group of 100 other children with her who are creating awareness about Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Pragya Vats and Rupali Goswami of Save the Children share with us Manisha’s story:  “Period huya hai? […]
The women and child development (WCD) ministry will now reportedly keep cradles at government hospitals, orphanages and police stations across the country where one can leave their child behind for adoption. The cradle will also have a bell for the person to ring so that the authorities can be notified. After being notified, officials will take the […]
India may be pushing its girls and women into fields like entrepreneurship and sports, yet a recent study says that girls from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have a better chance at realising their dreams than Indian girls. The study- ‘Every Last Girl: Free to live, free to learn, free from […]
Natural disasters leave women and children open to the threat of being sold as slaves
