There is a growing focus on generating evidence on violence against informal women workers across the world.

The agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely by empowering men with technology.

The journey from unemployment or employment to self-employment is liberating in multiple ways for the Indian woman.

Agriculture is the largest employer and it provides employment to both Men and Women but the ratio of their employment in the sector is not significantly different.

This study is the outcome of an in depth research engagement with 20 villages in two blocks of one district of Odisha.

Education is a basic human right; and it plays a significant role in the development of a human being, a society, a community and a country.

As women become more involved in public life and break patriarchal control in the process, they also deal with the backlash of cultural, traditional and religious reaction. Various interpretations of Muslim law are promoted by different groups in the struggle over women's rights.

Reproductive Health Matters has until this issue of the journal focused almost exclusively on secular threats to women’s reproductive rights.

Sexual abuse of children is an issue shrouded in ignorance and denial in our country. One of the chief reasons for this conspiracy of silence is the high value, almost idealization, of the family.