women

Audio podcast: 5 years on, the failures of demonetisation are even more stark
by admin|13 November 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer November 13, 2021 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Fact No 1: On November 4, 2016, just four days before a disastrous demonetisation was inflicted on India, the value of currency notes in...
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Audio podcast: Across low- and middle-income nations, COVID-19 hurt women and children the most
by admin|29 September 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer September 29, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic was most devastating for women, children and adolescents, especially in low and middle-income countries. And these experiences were similar across these regions. Poor mental health, disruptions to education, loss of income and...
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Audio podcast: Why women-led movements are on the rise
by admin|11 August 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer August 11, 2021 Since the resistance against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens began, women have led at least 426 protests across India. Navsharan Singh (pictured above), a women’s rights and human rights scholar and...
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Audio podcast: Why women entrepreneur networks matter
by admin|07 July 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer July 7, 2021 In a societal and business landscape loaded against them, strong networks are vital for women entrepreneurs to support each other and grow their businesses. Such networks help not just by presenting opportunities, but also through...
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Audio podcast: Women informal workers face a double whammy
by admin|21 April 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer April 21, 2021 Informal employment is largely the norm in India. While women make up only 23% of India’s informal employees, up to 91% of women in paid jobs are in the informal sector. This is a huge...
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Audio podcast: Author Kiran Manral on parenting and feminism
by admin|14 April 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer April 14, 2021 Feminism is about ensuring all people are equal, regardless of gender. It is about women having power over themselves, about getting rid of dominance. In this context, parenting assumes great significance. Kiran Manral – author,...
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Audio podcast: What’s wrong with India’s new abortion law?
by admin|27 March 2021|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer March 27, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Most people don’t know this but one-third of all pregnancies in India end in abortion and roughly 47 in every 1,000 women...
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Audio podcast: The barbaric practice of female genital mutilation
by admin|16 December 2020|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer December 16, 2020 According to UNICEF data, at least 200 million girls and women across 30 countries have suffered female genital mutilation, also known as female genital cutting or FGC. If they were to form a country, it...
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Audio podcast: The lack of women in positions of power
by admin|09 December 2020|All Indians Matter
By Ashraf Engineer December 9, 2020   In India, and across South Asia, the representation of women in positions of power is appallingly low. In a 2017 study, India ranked 149th in a list of 193 countries in terms of women’s...
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Audio podcast: India’s rape pandemic
by admin|03 October 2020|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer October 4, 2020 Podcast transcript New Delhi, December 2012: A 23-year-old student is gangraped in a public bus and her male companion is beaten senseless with an iron rod. The same rod is used to penetrate her and...
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