Introduction:
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started releasing a detailed daily PDF containing information on a variety of indicators such as mortality, containment zones, bed capacity, vaccinations, etc. from June 2020. Such data is useful not only for formulating...
In this Mint article, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes that India has one of the lowest rates of female participation in the labour force and this holds back economic growth:
"... while the fact that India has one of the lowest levels of female labour force participation among e...
This WSJ article explains how Chennai experienced the largest fall in crimes against women in India between 2000 and 2013:
"... increased police presence and a change in attitudes among police officers towards women has helped the situation for women on the ground... Ch...
This article by Pramit Bhattacharya in Mint says:
"...the average proportion of underweight women in India is higher than the average proportion of underweight women in sub-Saharan Africa. And... a greater proportion of young women become pregnant in India compared to sub-Saharan Afri...
This Quartz piece explores why men now outnumber women by 60 million, the highest ever recorded:
"In 2013, 49.59% of the global population were women. 81 countries had a majority of women, 37 countries had a majority of men... The...