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

Childcare is a child rights issue.

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.

Drawing on empirical data from four gram panchayats in Orissa, the paper examines the ‘representation’ of elected representatives—more particularly those of disadvantaged categories—by exploring their participation in the governance process, responsiveness towards the interest o