Safai Saathis or waste pickers are the backbone of traditional wa

A significant proportion of the global population is comprised of adolescents and young people, with an estimated 1.2 billion individuals

Mobility is generally defined as movement from one area to another and from one sector to the other for better earnings and employment as well as other purposes.

Decades of campaigning has led to signiicant changes and reform in the rape law.

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Sterilization is the most popular method of contraception in India. The 1992-93 National Family Health Survey found that of the 36.2 percent of eligible couples using any modern method, most (30.7 percent) had been sterilized and only 5.5 percent were using temporary methods (IIPS 1995).

A confidential system of enquiry into maternal mortality, based on that used in England and Wales, was introduced in Malaysia in 1991 with a view to identifying deficiencies in care and recommending remedial measures.

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.