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‘Proposed Amendment of Age of Marriage Will Curtail Autonomy’: Women’s Organisations
18 May 2022
Far from empowering women to exercise their own choice, the women’s organisations say that the amendment will restrict and criminalise the choices of adult women and that such restrictions on the…
PTI
Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Entitled to Gratuity, Says SC
26 Apr 2022
The top court said because of provisions of National Food Security Act, 2013 and Section 11 of Right To Education Act, Anganwadi centres also perform statutory duties.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi: Regularisation in Mind, Scheme Workers Protest for Increment in Budget Allocations
15 Mar 2022
Almost all of them being women, the protesters – Anganwadi workers and helpers, mid-day meal workers, and ASHAs – staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday
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Delhi: CITU-led Anganwadi Workers’ Union Demand for More Talks with AAP Govt
02 Mar 2022
On Wednesday, Delhi Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DAWHU) submitted a memorandum to the Delhi Government to press for immediate resolution of demands over which an "in-principle approval” was…
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No Place for Women in Modi Government’s Amrit Kaal: AIDWA
01 Feb 2022
The Budget neither has a substantive allocation for social security for women nor significant tax concessions for working women, the women’s association has said.
Ronak Chhabra
Haryana: Stalemate Continues, Anganwadi Workers to Now Gherao MLA Residences
15 Jan 2022
Among leaders in Haryana that are expected to witness the protest at their doors in the coming days include Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and state Women…
Rashme Sehgal
The Perfect Storm Behind India’s Growing Hunger Crisis
11 Nov 2021
Economist Dipa Sinha, who teaches at the School of Liberal Studies at Ambedkar University, is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign.
Peeyush Sharma
Nutrition a Far Cry: 1.93 Lakh Posts of Anganwadis Vacant Across Country, Over 50K in UP Alone
04 Aug 2021
A large number of vacant Anganwadi posts and non-operationalisation of approved centres are in 5 states alone and are directly impacting nutrition of children and women.
Shinzani Jain
COVID-19: Report Reveals Severity of Food Crisis Faced by India's Poor in 2020
02 Jun 2021
Report by prominent economist Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi highlights the severe economic distress and food crisis suffered by a vast majority of Indian poor following the 2020 lockdown. It demands…
Bharat Dogra
Tragic Implications of Sinking Nutrition Budget
15 Feb 2021
Nutrition standards across the country are falling and this is directly linked to the falling expenditure on critical nutrition schemes.