Smart class project cheers up Chhattisgarh school kids
September 02, 2016
One of the largest primary school transformation programme in partnership with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of Chhattisgarh.
Updates
PReJHA Foundation launched in tribal dominated state
September 02, 2016
PreJha foundation will focus on creating skilled and employable manpower in the tribal dominated state of Jharkhand.
Our key mandate in India is to reduce rural poverty: Rasha Omar, IFAD
September 02, 2016
Rasha Omar, Country Programme Manager for India, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in an interview to OneWorld South Asia, said that the UN agricultural arm is focused on rain fed areas in India. Excerpts from the interview:
Political revolution will fail without sexual revolution: Mona Eltahawy, Award-winning journalist
September 02, 2016
Egyptian-American Mona Eltahawy, an award-winning journalist and a vocal speaker on women’s rights believes that all religions are used by men to control women. Mona gets candid in an interview to Ashok Kumar of OneWorld South Asia at the latest edition of Jaipur Literature Festival.
Need to sync low carbon technologies with developmental plan for villages: Indian legislator
September 02, 2016
Arvind Bellad, MLA, Hubli Dharwad-West in Karnataka is steering low-carbon development in Dharwad district.
Impact Conclave seeks to appreciate multi-centricity and non-linearity of development challenges: Swapnil Shekhar, Sambodhi
September 02, 2016
The Impact Conclave 2016 aims to provide a platform for high level discussions between politicians, bureaucrats, civil society actors and academics from across disciplines to analyse and showcase impact towards informing thought and action within the development ecosystem. The flagship event of the Impact Conclave has been envisioned against the backdrop of the transition from the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Swachh Bharat honours Citizen Sanitation Champions
August 30, 2016
A series of short films is based on people-led initiatives focused on eliminating open defecation #FreedomFromOpenDefecation.
Aiming at SDGs this World Breastfeeding Week
August 30, 2016
BPNI, a nonprofit working for the promotion of breastfeeding, appeals for pledging to aim big for SGDs this World Breastfeeding Week.
Do our health systems promote gender equality?
July 29, 2016
New Delhi: Health systems have an important role in contributing to and promoting gender equality and equity. Although committed to providing services indiscriminately, our health system might be failing at the same due to inadequate provisioning and access, which are hindering them from meeting these goals.
