132 The appointment of Jyoti Deshpande, CEO, Viacom 18 Pvt Ltd as the co-chair of FICCI Media and Entertainment Board gives as a tremendous boost to the confidence of women. Deshpande joins the league of five other powerful women in the media industry recently featured among the top 50 most powerful women in India in […]
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143 “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”-Abraham Maslow Be it NCC, NDA, OTA or IMA, the Indian defence institutions are famed worldwide for the quality of trained (wo)men they produce. With the aim of involving
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282 Creativity is a means of self-expression, an act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. It helps boost one’s confidence, relieves stress and enhances personal growth. Children are naturally creative and they need to be given an outlet for exploring this creative side of theirs. We, as parents need to give them the
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195 “I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” The world still mourns the incalculable loss of an inimitable author, professor and activist, bell hooks. The impact of her works that range from gender, race, class to education and critical pedagogy
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295 According to Mckinsey, women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable to this crisis than men’s jobs. Women make up 39 percent of global employment but account for 54 percent of overall job losses .This pandemic has defied the trend that other recessions had on labour market. In previous recessions , the crunch was more
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164 Imagine waking up one morning and your parents telling you that you have been sold-off!Imagine been forced into sex work by older men and not being able to do anything at all, becoming a product to customers who come at their will and force you to do sex work all day. Shefali (name changed
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170 “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult” – Melinda Gates The value of the labour of women has historically been underappreciated in India-be it in the domestic sphere or otherwise. Perhaps this underappreciation is why women’s participation in the
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81 In a deeply patriarchal society like India, where the notion that men and women are equivalent in worth is still appalling to many: it shouldn’t be a surprise that domestic violence is not only prevalent but also dangerously normalized. Domestic violence, although criminalized by law, goes unreported in most cases. To many women, “home”
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90 It is all about respect and mobility transport services, says the Asha workers. They walk 5kms tirelessly to fetch water for the thirsty, deliver buckets house to house, and lend major help and support in helping women give birth. Deliveries happen at home, they say; there are no hospitals, dubious sanitation, and pressure to
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35 HER-WORLD PRESENTS TALK SHOW ON “WALKING AGAINST THE ODDS : WOMEN AT WORK ”. Date – 29th August, 2020 Times – 05:00 PM Onwards Register Here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOIJkC4Gfc-NalbKXYpBDF5RchazSrLyaUcHWKLvBJhNM_eA/viewform?usp=sf_link Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3784819509?pwd=YUtURGk1RHJpYlViT0tBUW9Vak40dz09 Guest Speakers Ms. IRA SINGHAL- IAS, Bureaucrat, New Delhi. Ms. SUCHITRA KRISHNAMOORTHI – Actor and Singer, Mumbai. Ms. MALINI NAIR – Author,
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