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Equity
Livelihoods India Summit 2023 - January 17-18, 2024, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Jan, 2024 12:49 PMLivelihoods India was initiated in 2010 as a national level initiative to bring together diverse stakeholders on a single platform to discuss critical issues that impede and afflict the livelihoods of the poor.
Assessment of India's preparedness: Implementing effective social protection
Posted on 27 Dec, 2023 08:48 AMClimate change poses urgent risks, especially for vulnerable communities. Social protection programs, traditionally focused on poverty alleviation, now play a crucial role in building climate resilience.
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Empowering women farmers through collective action: The case of Odisha
Posted on 25 Dec, 2023 04:17 PMWomen play a crucial role in agriculture in India
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Agricultural landownership among rural women in India
Posted on 24 Dec, 2023 09:23 AMIt is now widely recognised among policymakers and practitioners that women’s ownership of agricultural land is an important determinant of their economic and social status, physical security, and the wellbeing of their family informs this paper titled 'How many and which women own land in India?
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GenAI could accelerate global warming and climate change
Posted on 08 Dec, 2023 07:46 AMSoaring daily temperatures, wildfires in Canada, inexplicably hot ocean currents; the worries around climate change have intensified. The COP28 Summit currently underway in Dubai is looking at all the ways in which human activity is creating uncertainty in the climate as we know it, impacting our lives in a multitude of ways.
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Bridging the inequity gap: Imperatives for COP28 success
Posted on 07 Dec, 2023 05:50 PM“To be successful, climate negotiations need to fulfil three purposes: set the agenda and targets, put in a process for their implementation, and monitor enforcement and progress. The year 2023 has underlined clearly why the UN’s Conference of Parties can not kick the can of climate justice, climate action and climate finance down the road.
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Challenging gender and caste identities: The women wheat farmers of Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 22 Nov, 2023 08:42 AMFeminisation of agricultural labour in India
India is experiencing masculinisation of labour and while the labour force participation rate (LFPR) of men is increasing, that of women is decreasing.
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Impact of fishing technologies on wellbeing of fisherwomen in Tamil Nadu
Posted on 19 Nov, 2023 11:05 AMTechnological innovations in agriculture and fishing have been thought to increase production, productivity, and income, alleviate poverty and reduce workloads. However, they can affect men and women differently by reinforcing gender inequalities, restrict access, and displace women as newly mechanised tasks become the domains of men.
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Unmasking gender disparities in Indian sanitation
Posted on 17 Nov, 2023 12:15 PMInadequate sanitation poses significant global risks, affecting over four billion people. Insufficient access to proper facilities leads to social, psychological, and physical threats, contributing to 6.3% of global deaths. India, with one billion residents, grapples with open defecation, affecting half the population.
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What factors hinder the uptake of climate-smart agricultural practices among women?
Posted on 13 Nov, 2023 02:12 PMIn India, more than half of the net sown area is rainfed during the monsoon season, which runs from June to September. Climate change affects farming practices, which affects the crucial kharif crop and jeopardises food security. It also affects the monsoon onset in central and northern India.
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