-Hindustan Times India witnessed an impressive surge in the number of women owning or managing agricultural land in 2001-11 with landholdings under them registering a faster growth in this period than the ones controlled by men, shows a World Bank-backed study that points to improved gender equity in land rights. Though the amount of farmland controlled by women in the country is still marginal at 10% of the total, the number of...
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Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar fought gender bias in temples -Shoumojit Banerjee
-The Hindu Pune: In 2000, he led a campaign demanding entry for women into the Shani Shingnapur temple. The trail-blazing activism by rationalist firebrand Narendra Dabholkar, who was killed by right-wing elements, and his Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS) to combat the ban on women entering temples was a vital phase in the organisation’s untiring efforts to strive for gender equality in Maharashtra. While the struggle commenced with the usual raucous noises...
More »Are women really equal in the matrilineal society of Meghalaya? -Paramita Ghosh
-Hindustan Times “Adam’s rib is a good place to begin the Story of Creation,” says Martha Mary as tea is poured into cups in a room at a presbytery over which a brief rain is falling. “But there are two versions,” says the elderly office-bearer of a women’s wing of the Presbyterian church in Shillong. “The first version says God made Man, and the Woman comes from his rib. In another...
More »83% of Indians bat for religious freedom: Pew survey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India is among the countries that have highest support for religious freedom, with eight out of 10 Indians believing that it is very important to have the freedom to practice their faith compared to a global median of 74%, according to a survey by Pew Research Center. Non-partisan fact tank US-based Pew Research --that surveyed 38 countries and interviewed 40,786 people between April 5 and May...
More »40% of Kolkata slum children yet to be immunised
-PTI Kolkata: The immunisation of children in the city’s slums has been found to be way below at 60 per cent of the target, according to a survey done by an NGO. The Child Rights and You’s sample survey found that though the scenario improved in the past few years, 40 per cent of slum children were yet to be brought under the immunisation cover. The NGO works for the underprivileged children and...
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