Using OECD evaluation criteria, we analysed the child protection schemes of Odisha to understand whether legal commitments on child protec

This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

The sexuality of the disabled person has largely been ignored. If it is at all acknowledged, then it has been largely through a ‘medical lens.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) initiated a project titled "Training and Information Dissemination on Women Workers' Rights" (WWWR Project) in June 1997. As part of the educational activities of the project in India, an experience, sharing workshop was organised between October 15-16,

India was the first developing country to start a population control programme way back in 1951.

The question of women's health seems to be cast in adjunct to reproduction, at least as far as the Indian state is concerned.

The health care scenario for women, especially apropos reproductive health, is highly exploitative, with extensive human rights violations. Women are treated as expendable entities.

It has been observed that in the 1960s, the Ig (index of marital fertility) in Sri Lanka for the first time, fell at least ten per cent below the plateau level of the pre-1960 decades [1].

There is a widespread feeling that there has been a general erosion of ethical standards even in professions, which have been considered 'noble'. This has prompted a soul-searching exercise to understand the problems involved.