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Indian agriculture can’t thrive without women farmers

  Kavitha Kuruganti and Ireena Vittal discuss why women farmers’ labour, knowledge, and leadership often go unrecognised, and what would…

4 months ago

Woman farmer sows seeds of innovation in Tamil Nadu’s Theni

It was in 2017 when Bindu decided to explore organic farming as she realised that conventional farming techniques were not…

2 years ago

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

On a sweltering Mumbai afternoon, fish seller Nayana Patil grabbed an unsold pomfret from her counter, noting the price per…

4 years ago

Canadian woman becomes first person diagnosed as suffering from ‘climate change’

An elderly woman in Canada this summer was diagnosed as suffering from climate change after facing breathing issues. Healthcare professionals…

4 years ago

Wearing sustainability with TWIRL

Sustainability, an umbrella term that is increasingly becoming the immediate need for all of humankind. The need for sustainability should…

4 years ago

Stories that rise out of gardens

Despite the attempt to turn them into fast-moving items, plants are the slowest of fashion and never fail to surprise…

5 years ago

Recycling For Profit: How This Hyderabad Woman Is Creating New Frontiers In Urban Waste Management

Recycling An electronics engineer turned sustainability enthusiast, Sahithi Bhupathiraju would notice plastic lying scattered even in the most dense forests…

5 years ago

In Kashmir, a woman is on a mission to rescue wildlife – and break stereotypes

Aaliya Mir, a mathematician by training, has rescued snakes from the residences of Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.(Woman)   Mir…

5 years ago

Ancient men were hunters and women were gatherers. Right? Wrong

  Archaeological evidence from Peru has revealed that some ancient big-game hunters were, in fact, women, challenging what science writer James…

5 years ago

How India can benefit from the ongoing feminisation of agricultural workforce

Agricultural yields can grow by 20-30% if women get the same access to productive resources as men. On this International Women’s Day,…

5 years ago

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