In the recent assembly elections, we were once again inundated with information about how much of a difference the women’s vote made to the outcome.

The last four decades of Indian history is marked with rapid economic growth along with a rise in population with increasing rates of urba

It was the tragic death by suicide that has laid bare the daily trauma of the three sisters from a landless household married to an affluent family with demands for dowry from impoverished parents.

The state of West Bengal has a population of 9.03 crores of which 19.98 percent live below the poverty line.

Education is a fundamental requirement for enhancing overall quality of individual and societal life.

The paper examines women’s economic empowerment in Asia, with a particular focus on South Asia.

For the last three decades, India's Family Welfare Programme has pursued the goal of reducing fertility as rapidly as possible. Until recently the means used to achieve this goal were method-specific contraceptive targets and cash incentives for acceptors.