women

Rising heat, melting glaciers, and drying streams leave nomadic women without access to water.

Decades of unrest and violence in Kashmir have resulted in a psychological toll that passes from one generation to the next. How do Kashmiris cope, and what else needs to be done?

Kavitha Kuruganti and Ireena Vittal discuss why women farmers’ labour, knowledge, and leadership often go unrecognised, and what would change if they were valued.

Oukhoo, a village in Kashmir, produces most of India’s pencil slats. But the felling of poplar trees is now threatening wood supply, jobs, and the region’s economy.

Devika Singh, co-founder of Mobile Creches, reflects on decades of working with children of migrant workers, building a mobile care system, and shaping early childcare policy.

Women's informal enterprises face many barriers on the ONDC, such as complex processes and a lack of support. Here’s how the platform can improve accessibility. 

Women domestic workers in NCR are demanding safer workspaces, calling on both their employers and the government to act. Here’s how they’re turning agency into action.

Long and difficult working hours with limited breaks, combined with a meagre income, has worsened women’s health in Kanpur’s brick kilns.

Women in Tamil Nadu are bringing new shared spaces to light and participating in local governance through an exercise in coastal commons mapping.

Rohingya women at a water-scarce camp in Delhi are missing their skill-building classes because of their overdependence on a water tanker that’s never on time.