In rural Rajasthan, solar energy powers refrigerators – and changes women’s lives

A women-led dairy cooperative, thriving due to the cheap supply of electricity that helps keep milk chilled from the heat, has provided a regular income.

Disha Shetty, The Fuller Project

· May 11, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Women street vendors in Nagaland struggle for basic amenities despite legal protections

Forced to set up their vending spaces in unhygienic places, often without access to toilets, most women experience urinary tract infections and kidney problems.

Sanskrita Bharadwaj, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 04, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Opinion: Instituting menstrual leave is a step towards equal workplaces

It is not just about allowing or disallowing relief but also about ensuring a workplace atmosphere that recognises and accepts menstruation.

Radhika Jagtap

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Sunishtha Moghe

· Nov 28, 2022 · 07:30 am

Casual sexism, ‘wife jokes’ and discrimination: Why women struggle to stay on in Indian workforce

In a country with an abysmal female labour participation rate, companies are not succeeding in introducing women to the workplace or retaining them.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 21, 2022 · 07:30 pm

In Andhra Pradesh, women are taking a lead role in the transition to natural, sustainable farming

The state first tried working with male farmers who own the land but realised that most of the work in the fields is done by women.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 09, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Covid-19 has driven up rural women’s workforce participation, but in precarious jobs

The loss in income due to the pandemic trapped more women in the web of debt and bonded labour than before.

Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 08, 2022 · 01:30 pm

What is keeping Indian women out of the workforce?

Declining female employment rates not only reduce agency and bargaining power in the home, but are also detrimental to the country’s growth and income.

Kanika Mahajan

· Aug 22, 2022 · 09:00 am

Are women more likely to be blow the whistle on big tech?

Frances Haugen, Timnit Gebru and Janneke Parrish are at the forefront of a group of high-profile women calling out the tech industry.

Francine Berman, The Conversation

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Jennifer Lundquist, The Conversation

· Jul 12, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In photos: How floods and uncertainty of climate are hurting Maharashtra’s women farm workers

As women farm labourers in Kolhapur and Sangli deal with the aftereffects of floods, they are reporting disruptions to their physical and mental wellbeing.

Sanket Jain

· Jun 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Battered by the pandemic, Sri Lanka’s female garment workers are reeling from the economic crisis

Shutdowns, shortages, pay problems and strikes are playing out across the island, with the female backbone of the garment industry paying the highest price.

Piyumi Fonseka, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 19, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Interview: ‘Covid-19 has shown we need to redouble our efforts on women’s economic empowerment’

Christopher Elias of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talks about workforce participation in the context of gender equity.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 26, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Kerala HC reinstates woman fired from job for taking maternity leave

The High Court said it could not permit such an attitude in this century.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 06, 2021 · 02:30 pm