#population_policy_and_family_planning_in_India
One in four people in Asia, Pacific will be above 60 by 2050, over half will be women: UNFPA
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/oct/31/one-in-four-people-in-asia-pacific-will-be-above-60-by-2050-overhalf-will-be-women-unfpa-2628763.html
One in four people in Asia, Pacific will be above 60 by 2050, over half will be women: UNFPA
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/oct/31/one-in-four-people-in-asia-pacific-will-be-above-60-by-2050-overhalf-will-be-women-unfpa-2628763.html
The New Indian Express
One in four people in Asia, Pacific will be above 60 by 2050, over half will be women: UNFPA
An official from Population Research Bureau, said by mid-2040, the size of the population aged above 65 will surpass the size of the population of children and youth under the age of 15.
#Emerging_issues_ageing_sex_ratios_infant_mortality
#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
#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
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_disadvantage
#Works_and_Economic_Life
#Labour_and_society
For India’s low female labour force rate, what lessons does Claudia Goldin’s work hold?
https://scroll.in/article/1058184/for-indias-low-female-labour-force-rate-what-lessons-does-claudia-goldins-work-hold
#Works_and_Economic_Life
#Labour_and_society
For India’s low female labour force rate, what lessons does Claudia Goldin’s work hold?
https://scroll.in/article/1058184/for-indias-low-female-labour-force-rate-what-lessons-does-claudia-goldins-work-hold
Scroll.in
For India’s low female labour force rate, what lessons does Claudia Goldin’s work hold?
An increase in the country’s wealth will not improve the number of working women but more paid work opportunities will, says economist Ashwinin Deshpande.
#bondage
#Untouchability
#Labour_and_society
#Caste_system_in_India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/11/01/manual-scavenging-lingers-with-increasing-number-of-deaths-and-decreasing-budget-allocations/
#Untouchability
#Labour_and_society
#Caste_system_in_India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
https://feminisminindia.com/2023/11/01/manual-scavenging-lingers-with-increasing-number-of-deaths-and-decreasing-budget-allocations/
Feminism in India
Manual Scavenging Lingers With Increasing Number Of Deaths And Decreasing Budget Allocations
Governments continue to be the biggest violators even in light of the SC's directive to convene and debate ways to stop manual scavenging
A photograph of the Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran working with her newborn on her lap has once again kick-started a discussion on motherhood and gender roles. Wait until 4th November To Listen to Our Speakers Mr Dias Jose, Faculty for Indian Geography And Ms Aiswarya Das, Faculty for World Geography, share their viewpoints in this discussion. The session will be skillfully moderated by Ms Joicy Joy, Faculty for Economics.
#Science_technology_and_social_change
#Education_and_social_change
Use of Technology in Addressing Disruptions in Education
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/43/commentary/use-technology-addressing-disruptions-education%C2%A0.html
#Education_and_social_change
Use of Technology in Addressing Disruptions in Education
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/43/commentary/use-technology-addressing-disruptions-education%C2%A0.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Use of Technology in Addressing Disruptions in Education
Technology changed the dispensation of education during the COVID-19 pandemic and contributed to maintaining some continuity in learning even for children from marginalised groups such as the
#Post_modernity
#identity_politics
Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity
https://revisesociology.com/2023/10/24/postmodern-theories-of-leisure-consumerism-and-identity/
#identity_politics
Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity
https://revisesociology.com/2023/10/24/postmodern-theories-of-leisure-consumerism-and-identity/
ReviseSociology - A level sociology revision - education, families, research methods, crime and deviance and more!
Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity - ReviseSociology
Postmodern theories underline leisure and consumer activities as key sources of identity in postmodern society, contrary to identity formed by work or social class in the modern era. In his book, "Decentring Leisure," Chris Rojek argues that leisure, often…
#Constitution_law_and_Social_change
#Violence_against_women
Marital rape exception and unnatural sex: Ghosts of colonialism
https://theleaflet.in/marital-rape-exception-and-unnatural-sex-ghosts-of-colonialism/
#Violence_against_women
Marital rape exception and unnatural sex: Ghosts of colonialism
https://theleaflet.in/marital-rape-exception-and-unnatural-sex-ghosts-of-colonialism/
The Leaflet
Marital rape exception and unnatural sex: Ghosts of colonialism – The Leaflet
This article captures the enigmatic world of the marital rape exception and ‘unnatural sex’, a subject as contentious as it is critical, where the boundaries of consent, autonomy and morality become blurred. — IN the realm of law and justice, there exists…
#population_policy_and_family_planning_in_India
Preparing for a Demographic Transition in India
* The India Ageing Report 2023
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/44/editorials/preparing-demographic-transition-india.html
Preparing for a Demographic Transition in India
* The India Ageing Report 2023
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/44/editorials/preparing-demographic-transition-india.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Preparing for a Demographic Transition in India
A dignified life for the elderly population needs an urgent cultural, political and policy reimagination.
#Caste_system_in_India
#secularism
Understanding secularism in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/blunt-frank/understanding-secularism-in-india/
#secularism
Understanding secularism in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/blunt-frank/understanding-secularism-in-india/
Times of India Blog
Understanding secularism in India
Secularism is perhaps the most misunderstood word in India. The reasons are obvious. A distorted understanding of Secularism has been deliberately planted and propagated for decades and it is not politicians alone who are at...