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End the cycle of child marriages with empowerment, education and employment

Published on Oct 10, 2022 18:31 IST

On this International Day of the Girl Child, UN agencies call for a strategic new outlook to empower and educate India’s girls.

India and the G20: Opportunity to create a lasting inclusive approach

India’s upcoming 2023 G20 presidency, beginning in December 2022, provides an opportunity to discuss avenues and challenges for a more inclusive approach to the G20.

Published on Oct 10, 2022 13:17 IST

Conversion therapy and its impact on mental health among LGBTQIs

The LGBTQI+ were jubilant after the SC verdict in 2018, which abolished penalisation of people for their sexual orientation and ordered that gay sex among consenting adults is not an offence.

Published on Oct 8, 2022 10:26 IST

Digitally empowering micro -entrepreneurs

India is home to thousands of microenterprise clusters as well as millions of distributed entrepreneurs who can become job creators.

Published on Oct 8, 2022 10:14 IST

Women and girls are key to climate justice

Climate change poses exacerbated risks for India. Women face a disproportionate burden of this threat as they remain socially, politically, and economically marginalised -- the only group more vulnerable are girls.

Published on Oct 8, 2022 09:46 IST

Where does India stand with its human resources for health?

Recently, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) that leads the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) studies, modeled estimates for 16 HRH cadres across 204 countries for 1990-2019 and came up with a new threshold for minimum requirement. (Reuters File Photo)

Published on Oct 6, 2022 10:10 IST

Equality and individual autonomy in reproductive rights: India shows the way

Women’s consent matters – that’s the top takeaway from the Indian Supreme Court (SC)’s judgment on abortion for all women on International Safe Abortion Day.

gender equality

Updated on Oct 3, 2022 11:51 IST

The need for plastic de-addiction

As plastic waste (literally) takes over our lives, here’s a reality check: There is a lot to do in the field of environment.

Published on Oct 3, 2022 07:09 IST

We must modify and transform our agri-food systems

The wake-up call came two years ago with the arrival of a global pandemic. While food production didn’t come to a halt, the lockdowns and supply chain disruptions that followed took a serious toll on this interdependent system.(HT File)

Published on Oct 3, 2022 07:00 IST

SBM: Collective effort for scaling up social change

UNICEF is proud to be an active partner of the SBM over the past seven years.

Published on Oct 2, 2022 05:30 IST

How can the government revive agricultural reforms?

The findings brought out in the SCC report at the end of 2021, indicated that the majority of the Farmer Organisations (FOs) that participated in the discussions supported the farm laws in its entirety, while a few supported it with minor suggestions and a meagre four did not support it at all.

Updated on Sep 30, 2022 05:07 IST

India’s hypertension control programme is an example for the world

India’s approach to hypertension treatment has been so successful that the programme received a 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award at the UN General Assembly earlier this month.

Published on Sep 28, 2022 18:31 IST

Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?

The Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) is a human resources for health (HRH) management method supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to quantify shortages and workload using data on time taken for various clinical and supporting (administrative and other) tasks and resources available.

Published on Sep 28, 2022 09:00 IST

India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable: Strengthening bilateral ties

Recently, the inaugural India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) was held in New Delhi on September 17, 2022. (ANI)

international affairs

Published on Sep 27, 2022 07:50 IST

Political corruption detrimental to Southeast Asia

There is a perception that corruption has increased in Malaysia, especially after the exposure of scandals like the 1MDB and other recent major corruption scandals. Overall, the World Bank measures indicate that Malaysia whilst not amongst the most corrupt countries in the world still suffers from widespread corruption, creating a situation where much improvement is needed.

international affairs

Published on Sep 27, 2022 07:37 IST

A public health management perspective on malnourishment

Unfortunately, malnutrition numbers in India are worse than many poorer countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are many explanations for persistent malnutrition in India - low income, illiteracy, traditional culture and associated feeding practices etc., which may be all true partly.(Hani Mohammed / AP File )

Published on Sep 27, 2022 07:25 IST

Global energy crunch: A silver lining?

The entire world is crippled by an energy crunch, caused mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic which was further exacerbated by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war coupled with climate change-induced natural disasters.

international affairs

Updated on Sep 26, 2022 09:21 IST

Geopolitics of energy of the war in Ukraine & national responses to energy crisis

The war in Ukraine creates a vicious cycle of disruption of global supply chains, which in turn affects the prices of energy and essential commodities as well as their domestic pricing strategies and export policies.

international affairs

Published on Sep 26, 2022 09:00 IST

Charting the course for accessible health care in cities

The 15th Finance Commission report highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic stretched government health facilities in India, particularly in urban areas.

Published on Sep 21, 2022 07:36 IST

UHC in India: Insights from Indonesia and China

Different country contexts have found different pathways to UHC. Indonesia and China for example, took the insurance path to provide financial protection to its population.

Published on Sep 19, 2022 03:30 IST

Reintroducing the cheetah will save our grasslands

The MoEF wanted to reintroduce cheetahs in Kuno, Madhya Pradesh, which, along with other areas, was occupied by the cheetah in historic times. The reason for choosing cheetah was the conservation benefits.

Published on Sep 17, 2022 06:11 IST

Saksham Anganwadi: An important step towards a healthier future for India

The new generation Anganwadis are likely to drive enormous transformations in early childhood care and development, not only from a nutrition viewpoint, but in contributing to the overall mental and physical health of children.

Published on Sep 15, 2022 05:58 IST

Start-up ecosystem: A goldmine of investment opportunities

The word start-up was added to the layman's dictionary in January 2016 when the Government of India launched the Start-up India initiative. All these efforts were fructified as India emerged as the third-largest start-up ecosystem in the world, with over 60,000 start-ups and 73 unicorns (those that reach $1 billion in valuation) in multiple industries.

Published on Sep 13, 2022 09:37 IST

Taiwan as a pawn in great power politics

Tensions between China and Taiwan reached new heights during Nancy Pelosi’s visit, this being the highest-level visit from the United States (US) visit in the last 25 years. Since the Chinese Revolution of 1949, Taiwan has been governed independently of China.

international affairs

Published on Sep 13, 2022 09:28 IST

Afghanistan’s centrality to the SCO

SCO has deliberated over the Afghanistan situation even before the Taliban's return was prophesied. Keeping in mind the significance of Afghanistan, SCO set up a Contact Group (ACG) in 2005 to collaborate and coordinate on issues of mutual interests.

international affairs

Updated on Sep 12, 2022 08:00 IST

Ten years after the Marikana massacre in South Africa

This August 2022, South Africa commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Marikana massacre. Located 90 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, Marikana is one of the richest mineral belts in the world. In fact, South Africa and Russia meet 90% of the global demands for platinum, and most of the South African platinum comes from this belt.(Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)

international affairs

Updated on Sep 12, 2022 07:57 IST

Reducing child marriages and teen pregnancies

UNICEF estimates that over the next decade, up to 10 million more girls will be at risk of becoming child brides as a result of the pandemic, while the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) projects a figure of 13 million additional child marriages globally over the 2020-2030 decade.

gender equality

Published on Sep 10, 2022 03:30 IST

Dispelling myths about universal iron fortification

According to research done by Indian researchers, like Dr Dipty Jain, many children with sickle cell disease have an iron deficiency as well.

Published on Sep 9, 2022 12:13 IST

Why India needs to secure its critical minerals supply chains

Critical minerals are mineral resources, either primary or processed, which are essential for the production processes of an economy and for the national security of the country.

Published on Sep 9, 2022 12:02 IST

Nuclear weapons as the ‘million pound note’

The nuclear dimension along the Taiwan Straits may not be immediately evident, but it runs like an invisible thread through the conflict.

international affairs

Published on Sep 7, 2022 06:05 IST

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