WOMEN's status, it has often been argued, is an indicator of the level of development of particular societies. Women's workforce participation rates, on the other hand, are also related to women's status.

In the last decade, several international and national movements have focused their attention, on the long neglected areas of women's reproductive health.

The paper analyses gender budgeting as a fiscal innovation to translate the public policies into 'beyond GDP’ commitments incorporating a

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