A woman fleeing violence arrives at a shelter to find the door locked and the lights off. A pregnant woman walks for hours because the nearest clinic has closed. A mother is turned away from a food line. These are not hypothetical scenes from a distant war. According to Beyond the Breaking Point, the UN…
India is losing thousands of trained women doctors before they reach specialization or leadership roles. This growing gender gap affects not only medical careers but also access to quality healthcare for millions of women.
India’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement level, reflecting a global demographic shift. A new UNFPA survey across 73 countries shows that financial insecurity, housing costs, and gender inequality—not changing family aspirations—are driving declining birth rates.
In 2023-24, as many as 4.50 crore students enrolled in India’s higher education sector, as compared to 3.42 crore in 2014-15, as shown by the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24 published on Sunday July 8, 2026 by the Union Ministry of Education. A total of 1,289 universities, 48,246…
The UN Children’s Fund has adopted a new four-year Gender Equality Action Plan, 2026-2029. The Executive Board of the UN Children’s Fund has approved UNICEF’s fourth four-year Gender Equality Action Plan, 2026-2029, which complements the 2026-2029 UNICEF Integrated Budget of $26 billion and UNICEF’s Global Strategy 2026-2029. The global plan also focuses on the world’s…
In the story of India’s rise, one form of labour remains largely unseen: unpaid care work. As Indian women advance in education, careers, and public life, they continue to be assigned primary responsibility for day-to-day cooking, cleaning, the care of the elderly, the young, and the disabled, and for household coordination. That concealed labour is…
The problem of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) does not only exist in terms of newspapers and crimes. Still, it is an ever-existing societal problem affecting countless women and girls in India, daily in different environments, from the house to school, workplace, public transport, and even online space. Although India has made considerable efforts in terms of…
In many Indian homes, behind closed doors and polite smiles, there exists a silence that is rarely questioned. It is the silence of women who are told that once married, their bodies are no longer entirely their own. We grow up believing that marriage is sacred—a bond built on love, trust, and companionship. Weddings are…
The 2026 gender pay gap has widened, with women earning $0.82 for every dollar men make, revealing that progress on pay equity is reversing rather than improving. Structural issues like caregiving penalties, biased pay systems, and weak accountability continue to reinforce inequality over time. The Number on Equal Pay Day Every year, Equal Pay Day…
India’s NCD programmes, especially NPCDCS, remain largely gender-neutral, failing to address women’s unique health risks and barriers. A gender-responsive, life-course approach is essential to improve early detection, access, and outcomes for women. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for nearly 74% of deaths globally, with India experiencing a rapidly rising burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes,…
