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Abstract In the Brundtland Commission & Brundtland (1987) report, natural disasters were codified as a threat to the populations. It is inferred that changes in the environment will lead to a scarcity of resources, conflict, and trigger refugee crises. Thus, with great urgency, the developed countries have started discussing environment-related issues in the security council. […]
Context According to the Sample Registration System [SRS], in India, between 2016-2018, the maternal mortality ratio [MMR] was 113 deaths per 10,000 live births – a decrease from 130 deaths per 10,000 live births between 2014-2016 (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2021a). The government’s multi-pronged policy aims to curb home births and increase institutional […]
ABSTRACT This issue brief inquires into the presence of Dalit voices in media by employing ‘politics of presence’ as a conceptual tool for analysis. These voices in the media reflect how issues related to the Dalits are interpreted and how much they shape the discourse at the national and international level. While tracing the presence […]
ABSTRACT According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], a total of 208, 065 refugees and asylum seekers live in India (UNHCR 2021:1). Since the country is not a party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, it does not have any national laws and policies on […]
ABSTRACT The food delivery system in India operates through mobile applications. The precarious nature of the industry uniquely questions labour rights as the system relies on a complicated rating and incentivising process. It also promotes long working hours without proportional wages. Furthermore, the lack of transparency on how the system operates discourages any opportunity to […]
ABSTRACT In the North-Eastern states of India, where ethnic violence and separatist movements repeatedly disrupt the lives of civilians, gendered roles during and post-conflict become increasingly visible. With warfare creating new security challenges, women face the struggle to not only provide for themselves and their family but also their community at large. The general lack […]
ABSTRACT The 21st century is the epitome of progress and growth. However, this growth is not merely economic growth but also a socio-political one. When the world is becoming more aware of change and new discourses redefining the boundaries of development, we need to focus on the underlying factors hindering growth and development in nations […]
ABSTRACT The rising urbanisation in India is leading marginalised sections living in informal settlements towards a more impoverished lifestyle. The quality of life in informal settlements is dependent on multiple factors such as access to toilets, access to drinking water, sanitation, and waste management. The state of affairs regarding such factors has always been bad […]
Abstract The status of education among backward castes in contemporary India reveals deep-rooted inequalities which manifest themselves in various ways. Backward castes face many challenges in accessing educational institutes owing to many reasons such as low accessibility to institutions, discrimination in the admission process, unfair treatment in classes, undue peer pressure based on caste identities, […]
At least 1.01 crore child labourers in India, aged between 5 and 14, are engaged in agriculture, hazardous industries, service establishments, and domestic work (UNICEF n.d.). The agriculture sector is the biggest employer of children who are involved in dangerous farming activities such as handling pesticides and fertilisers, carrying heavy loads, and operating unguarded machines […]
ABSTRACT Socio-legal discourse about what constitutes ‘gender justice’ increasingly entails the debates around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Over three decades of contemplation about enacting a uniform code throughout the country, it remains one of India’s most highly contentious issues for securing women’s equal rights. This paper presents an overview of UCC and the historical […]
Let us hypothesise that it is the year 2030. A farmer living in a remote village in India, instead of having to travel many hours to reach a hospital in the city that is equipped to diagnose and provide treatments, only needs to visit his nearest health facility. His doctors readily access his medical records […]
ABSTRACT This piece undertakes an in-depth and gender-sensitive investigation of over forty years of family planning policy in India (1977-2019). The findings indicate that despite an acutely gendered nature of contraceptive-usage in India, key policy documents display a relatively passive gaze of the state towards questions of gender equality and reproductive justice within family planning. […]
CONTEXT The enactment of the Right to Education Act 2010 (RTE) and the introduction of the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) can be considered two important milestones in India’s education policy landscape over the last two decades. The RTE describes the modalities of free and compulsory education for children in the age group of 6-14 […]