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Rama’s Got a Heart for Science

Nandita Jayaraj 29/10/2017

Valapadasu Rama is developing a tool that instantly identifies...

Repeal the 8th amendment campaigners hold a banner outside government buildings calling for a referendum on the introduction of laws on abortion on the same day as Ireland begins another round of negotiations to form a Government in Dublin, Ireland April 6, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Five Years After Indian Woman Who Was Denied an Abortion Died, Will Ireland Finally Reform Its Laws?

Severyna Magill 28/10/2017

A parliamentary committee is currently debating the question on...

Natasha Gurung, a horticulturalist at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Kalimpong. Credit: Aashima Dogra

Analysis: How Implicit Biases Hamper Women’s Participation in Science

Aneree Parekh and Arathy Puthillam 24/10/2017

Despite well-meaning government programmes, true gender equality cannot be...

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In Conversation With a Scintillating Nuclear Physicist

Nandita Jayaraj 21/10/2017

Maitreyee Saha Sarkar deals with work on nuclear structure...

Women who remain on the island after the men migrate take shelter in a stilt house during floods.

Flood-Ravaged Islands of Sundarbans Need Women-Centric Interventions

Sayanti Sengupta and Nirmalya Choudhury 20/10/2017

After men migrate for work, women of Mousuni Island...

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The Disappearing Mid-Wives of Tribal Gujarat

Damayantee Dhar 19/10/2017

Traditional birth attendants play a central role during pregnancies, childbirth...

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In Aligarh, BJP MLAs Prevent Arrest of Doctors Allegedly Caught Conducting Sex Determination Test

The Wire Staff 18/10/2017

BJP MLAs Sanjeev Raja and Anil Parashar refused to...