By गाँव कनेक्शन
Findings of a report highlight that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the already existing gender-based disparities for the girl child in India. From access to healthcare to nutrition, the female adolescents received the brunt of an unequal society during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in India. Details here.
Findings of a report highlight that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the already existing gender-based disparities for the girl child in India. From access to healthcare to nutrition, the female adolescents received the brunt of an unequal society during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in India. Details here.
By Shivani Gupta
Menstrual hygiene and reproductive health, issues usually talked about in whispers, are now being openly discussed in the rural pockets of Rajasthan. Kishor Mitra, friends of adolescents, who were once victims of social exclusion have scripted this change.
Menstrual hygiene and reproductive health, issues usually talked about in whispers, are now being openly discussed in the rural pockets of Rajasthan. Kishor Mitra, friends of adolescents, who were once victims of social exclusion have scripted this change.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Vaping can cause major health issues such as addiction, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorders, exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, chronic bronchitis and lung damage.
Vaping can cause major health issues such as addiction, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorders, exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, chronic bronchitis and lung damage.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya has stated that while the total number of administered COVID19 vaccine dosage in India have surpassed 1,925 million, 80 per cent of teenagers aged 15-18 have received the first dose of the vaccine.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya has stated that while the total number of administered COVID19 vaccine dosage in India have surpassed 1,925 million, 80 per cent of teenagers aged 15-18 have received the first dose of the vaccine.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Between 2020 and 2023, there has been a spike in mental health issues amongst young Indians as per a report that surveyed 106,427 respondents across 36 States and Union Territories, aged between 18 and 74 years.
Between 2020 and 2023, there has been a spike in mental health issues amongst young Indians as per a report that surveyed 106,427 respondents across 36 States and Union Territories, aged between 18 and 74 years.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Human Trafficking: While the criminal network of trafficking is very well organized, the response of the police, the state, and non-profits are disorganised
Human Trafficking: While the criminal network of trafficking is very well organized, the response of the police, the state, and non-profits are disorganised
By गाँव कनेक्शन
The two minute film Runway for Water, released by nonprofit Water For People, is a stark statement about what women and girls in rural India go through to find water for their families.
The two minute film Runway for Water, released by nonprofit Water For People, is a stark statement about what women and girls in rural India go through to find water for their families.
By Safoora Hilal
Firdousa Jan grew up without a father and her mother, a farmer, was the sole earning member of the family. It was her mother’s dream that Firdousa becomes a healthcare worker. The resident of Kashmir won the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award earlier this year.
Firdousa Jan grew up without a father and her mother, a farmer, was the sole earning member of the family. It was her mother’s dream that Firdousa becomes a healthcare worker. The resident of Kashmir won the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award earlier this year.
By Nidhi Jamwal
What if one day you woke up to find yourself in waist-deep water, your toilet submerged in dirty floodwater? And have to live that way, not for a day or two, but for weeks together…
What if one day you woke up to find yourself in waist-deep water, your toilet submerged in dirty floodwater? And have to live that way, not for a day or two, but for weeks together…