#Emerging_issues_ageing_sex_ratios_infant_mortality_reproductive_health
#Constitution_law_and_Social_change
Centre asks States for suggestions to make changes in PCPNDT Act for gender equality
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-to-seek-suggestion-from-states-to-bridge-gaps-in-pc-pndt-act/article67083971.ece
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Determination) Act, 2003
https://blog.ipleaders.in/pre-conception-and-pre-natal-diagnostic-techniques-prohibition-of-sex-determination-act-2003/
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Centre asks States for suggestions to make changes in PCPNDT Act for gender equality
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-to-seek-suggestion-from-states-to-bridge-gaps-in-pc-pndt-act/article67083971.ece
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Determination) Act, 2003
https://blog.ipleaders.in/pre-conception-and-pre-natal-diagnostic-techniques-prohibition-of-sex-determination-act-2003/
The Hindu
Centre to seek inputs from States to bridge gaps in sex ratio
Union Health Ministry seeks to amend PC-PNDT Act, appeals to States to support people with disabilities & prioritize TB elimination. It also asked them to design a vision document and include ideas of newer generations in policy formulation for an inclusive…
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#gender_inequality
In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/governance/in-pursuit-of-gender-equality-interpreting-india-s-changing-sex-ratio-strategies-to-adopt-92571
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In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/governance/in-pursuit-of-gender-equality-interpreting-india-s-changing-sex-ratio-strategies-to-adopt-92571
DownToEarth
In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt
While recent improvements are noteworthy, we are far from winning the battle for gender equality
#gender_inequality
#Emerging_issues_ageing_sex_ratios_infant_mortality
#welfare_schemes
Women in red: On an optimum menstrual hygiene policy
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/women-in-red-the-hindu-editorial-on-an-optimum-menstrual-hygiene-policy/article67517122.ece
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#welfare_schemes
Women in red: On an optimum menstrual hygiene policy
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/women-in-red-the-hindu-editorial-on-an-optimum-menstrual-hygiene-policy/article67517122.ece
The Hindu
Women in red: On an optimum menstrual hygiene policy
It is only now, over three quarters of a century after Independence, that India has come closest to even drawing up a menstrual hygiene policy
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Marching for marriage
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/marching-for-marriage/
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Marching for marriage
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/marching-for-marriage/
Times of India Blog
Marching for marriage
In December, if all goes to plan, a largish group of men, mostly in their 30s, some college-educated, and largely from farming households in south Karnataka district Mandya – a poorly developed but not poor...
#Poverty_and_deprivation
#gender_inequality
#Emerging_issues_ageing_sex_ratios_infant_mortality
High undernourishment, gender disparity: India’s nutrition trends align with hunger index findings
https://scroll.in/article/1058600/high-undernourishment-gender-disparity-indias-nutrition-trends-align-with-hunger-index-findings
#gender_inequality
#Emerging_issues_ageing_sex_ratios_infant_mortality
High undernourishment, gender disparity: India’s nutrition trends align with hunger index findings
https://scroll.in/article/1058600/high-undernourishment-gender-disparity-indias-nutrition-trends-align-with-hunger-index-findings
Scroll.in
High undernourishment, gender disparity: India’s nutrition trends align with hunger index findings
Child mortality, a key indicator, has decreased but the country’s access to nutrition remains precarious.
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Global fertility rates set to crash, triggering ‘staggering’ social change
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/global-fertility-rates-to-decline-shifting-population-burden-to-low-income-countries/amp_articleshow/108664316.cms
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Global fertility rates set to crash, triggering ‘staggering’ social change
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/global-fertility-rates-to-decline-shifting-population-burden-to-low-income-countries/amp_articleshow/108664316.cms
The Economic Times
Global fertility rates to decline, shifting population burden to low-income countries
The study reported in The Lancet projects 155 of 204 countries and territories worldwide, or 76%, will have fertility rates below population replacement levels by 2050. By 2100, that is expected to rise to 198, or 97%, researchers estimated.