Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

THERE is enough evidence to show that often, development policies adopted by governments have widened the disparities amongst sections of people.

Although female labour force participation is a growth driver, participation rates suggest a country’s potential for faster growth.

Men of the Chakhesang tribe of Nagaland aid their wives during delivery of the newborn. Most men in the picture-postcard village of Chizami in Phek district believe it is shameful to depend on a neighbour's help when such a momentous event is taking place in their family.