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

Most discussions of reservations for women in India have contextualized the issue in relation to the p

Vanangana, a women’s group, recently organised a campaign against domestic violence in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. To provoke the women themselves to break their silence on this issue. Vanangana, in 30 villages, performed a play based on a real incident and followed it up with discussions.

The women's movement in India launched campaigns against rape, domestic violence, sexism in advertisements as well as against state repression during caste and communal riots in the early eighties.

Childbirth is a normal physiological process, which can become pathological due to the adoption of certain practices and consequently affect the health and survival of the newborn.

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.