-The Hindu What matters more for development: location or community? New official data show that while some communities do better than others in Sex Ratio and literacy, State-level differences can be as important. Newly released data from the Census shows that on average nationwide, Christians, followed by Muslims, continue to have the most gender-equal child Sex Ratios of 958 girls for every 1,000 boys and 943 respectively. Buddhists follow, with Hindus, Jains...
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Sex Ratio dips, Jains & Sikhs buck trend -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Two religious communities of India, Sikhs and Jains, have turned the corner on child Sex Ratio while all others showed further dips, as did the national average, according to fresh Census 2011 data released on Wednesday. Child Sex Ratio is the number of girls aged 0-6 years for every 1,000 boys in the same age group. It is a crucial measure for India where preference for sons and...
More »Lancet study puts India as the worst performing among BRICS nations on health indicators -Aradhna Wal
-DNA Despite a certain amount of progress in the past decade or so, the report points out glaring gaps in healthcare infrastructure in the country -- "low resource allocation, low emphasis on primary health care, poor utilisation of human resources," as Professor K Srinath Reddy, one of the co-authors said. Yet another report on India's troubled health care system pointed out the country's poor performance across health indicators, despite economic advantages....
More »70% of women may not be able to contest Haryana panchayat polls, courtesy SC ruling
-TheNewsMinute.com The law will disproportionately affect women, and among them, Dalit women The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Haryana law which would make 83 percent of Dalit women and 71 percent of women in general ineligible to participate in grassroots democracy. The Supreme Court upheld amendments to a law that the Haryana Assembly passed earlier this year. Elections to panchayats scheduled for October were postponed after the All India Democratic Women’s Association...
More »Family planning women's burden -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The national capital is not just battling a skewed Sex Ratio and women's safety, but also lagging behind in ensuring equality as far as family planning is concerned. Data shows that the onus of family planning predominantly rests with women. They account for 95% of sterilisations conducted at various family welfare centres in the state. What is even more worrisome is that the number of men...
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