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  • Shashi Bala
    V.V. Giri National Labour Institute
    2017

    The purpose of this report is to explore the digital gender gap in terms of accessing and competency of using ICTs and how this gap can be bridged by using appropriat

  • Govind Kelkar
    International Labour Organisation
    2013

    The paper examines women’s economic empowerment in Asia, with a particular focus on South Asia.

  • Sunita Kishor, Sulabha Parasuraman
    National Family Health Survey
    1998

    Despite its many advantages, the employment of women in economic activity in India has been associated with increased mortality for infants and young children. Simultaneously, narrower gender differentials in child mortality among employed women have been noted.

  • K. C. Zachariah
    Demography India
    1998

    The traditional theory of demographic transition developed by Professor F.W. Notestein and his colleagues has occupied the center stage in the demographic literature for quite a long time. This theory was developed on the basis of the demographic experience of the developed world.

  • Hemlata Pisal, Manisha Gupte, Sunita Bandewar
    Reproductive Health Matters
    1997

    The Indian Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act came into force in 1972, in response to the high mortality and morbidity associated with illegal abortion. However, 25 years on, both restrictions in the law and the way it is implemented through service delivery have failed to meet the aborti