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Challenging Gender Inequality
India has been developing fast, but not always equitably or inclusively. The biggest issue we face is the empowerment of women. While certain development indicators show their quality of life is improving – maternal mortality rates are declining, literacy rates are increasing, more women are gaining access to healthcare and …
Understanding a Resilient World
Resilience simply put is the way we deal with change. More specifically, it is the capacity of any system to face changing circumstances and still continue to maintain its functions, structure, and identity.[i] It describes the degree to which the system is capable of self-organisation, learning, and adaptation. With the …
Measuring what matters – Towards a relevant and effective framework for Sustainable Development Indicators
2016 marks the beginning of a new global commitment towards eradicating poverty in all its dimensions. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise that the well-being of People is inextricably tied to the health of our Planet and that ensuring sustained Prosperity for all will require genuine Peace and equitable Partnerships. All that we do …
Who decides whether India is developing or is it a mirage?
“Humans just do not experience things, but they also think about their experience.” A bunch of nature and humanity enthusiasts travelled from across the country to the outskirts of Baroda city, to a place where squirrels fly, where people 12000 years before today had once drawn some paintings on the rocks which …
International Solar Alliance Launch: “Solar Power is the Path to Prosperity”
The Heads of States of both India and France together launched an International Solar Alliance to boost solar energy in developing countries. The launch happened on November 30th 2015, the first day of COP-21, Paris. The city hosted a 2-week long Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) that the whole world eyed, hoping to …