.jpg)
Authorities Inspect Garment Factories Post Reuters Exposé Of Illegal Pills
After the Thomson Reuters Foundation exposed illegal pills being given to seamstresses, concerned authorities have started probing the matter.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Illegal Pills Given To Seamstresses For Cramps In Garment Factories
A Thomson Reuters report recently exposed that the seamstresses are given illegal pills in order to weaken their period cramps in garment factories in India.
Meenakshi Lekhi slammed for comment on India “most dangerous” report
The latest to called the Thomson Reuters India Women’s Safety survey is BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi, who called it ‘fake’. She said  “far worse” cases happen abroad and that New York instead of India’s capital city of New Delhi is the “rape capital” of the world. This comment of Lekhi has angered women activists. Brinda Karat […]
Does India Deserve ‘Most Dangerous’ For Women Tag?
Thomson Reuters Foundation on June 26 published a poll on the basis of which it declared India as the world’s most dangerous country for women. Since the report has come out, there are varying views on whether the outcome of the report is justified or not. The poll ranks India ahead of Afghanistan and Syria […]
Tribal Women Cut Middlemen From Livestock Trade
Women’s self-help group cooperatives are saving tribals in the Western Ghats from going into a loss because of middlemen meddling with the prices of their livestock. The SHGs have formed a goat selling cooperative, along with the assistance of the National Livestock Mission, for 192 tribal villages. Buying and selling today can only be done in […]
