In recent years, alarms have been sounded regarding the declining women labour force participation rate in India, which currently stands at approximately 30%, according to the latest data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey. This measurement is a key indicator of not only women’s workforce participation, but also a country’s
Almost 1.27 crore kirana stores dot the grocery retail landscape in India, comprising nearly 90% of the retail sector.
Vanita Viswanath has been a development sector practitioner and social entrepreneur for over 20 years. She is the former CEO of Udyogini, a non-profit that focuses on business services such as training.
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Understanding food systems: Need, types and drivers A food system is a holistic set of practices that contribute towards food production and consumption to meet dietary requirements of the population. Food production, distribution, processing and consumption form the backbone of food systems which require access to resources like labour, finance,
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There are 66.2 million girls in India in the 15-24 year age group who are out of school. A subset of these women are deemed Permanently At-risk Out of School Girls (PAR OOSGs) who are highly unlikely to join mainstream education.
The world around us is increasingly beginning to feel the impact created from years of unfriendly environmental and social choices. We believe becoming sustainable is no longer a matter of choice since we all are in this together – either we all win, or we all lose.
We are sharing our early learnings here as an SSE primer and we will follow up with additional insights as the topic evolves.
The first six years of life are the fastest period of human growth and development, as 85% of the brain development occurs by the age of six. Research cites that investing in the early years of a child’s life, brings the highest socio-economic returns on investment. It helps to break