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

Violence against women is legitimized by social norms, beliefs and institutions.

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.

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

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

Hysterectomy is major surgery with a mortality rate of 1-2 per 1000 operations and an even higher complication rate. There is a widespread misconception, even among doctors that removal of the uterus, without removal of the ovaries has little or no long-term health consequences for the woman.

Globally, two billion people are engaged in informal work, of whom a disproportionate number - 66 percent of workers - are women.