September 24 marks International Girl Child Day, and this year, CRY (Child Relief and You) is launching a new effort focused solely on discrimination against girls. India PR Wire reports:

While highlighting known symbols of discrimination — feticide being the most prominent, the site…

We reported here on TC-I couple of months back about India’s first sex-workers bank being set up in Mumbai. A group of sex workers in Mysore have gone a step-further and emerged as successful entrepreneurs. Organized under an organization called Ashodaya…

At the first national conference on rural BPOs, as mentioned previously by Santhosh, the real spotlight was on women. Business processing organizations all over the country are discovering that women are just as capable, if not more, than men in completing…

For a poor woman living with HIV in India, the challenges are threefold - economic hardship, stigma, and lack of employment/credit opportunities due to gender discrimination.  Borne at the intersection of these realities is the “Women and Wealth Project,” recently launched by…

In a recent post, Vinay talked about the Health Ministry’s agenda to protect people living with HIV/AIDS from discrimination through the appointment of district-level health ombudspersons, who would take on the responsibilty of “curb[ing] the growing discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients.” …

The South Asia Region Development Marketplace recently accounced 75 finalists (out of a total of approximately 1000) for their HIV/AIDS themed competition for this year.  What exactly is the South Asia Development Marketplace, and what purpose does it serve?  Here is a…

Here is one issue that needs substantial help — stigma placed upon those individuals infected with HIV/AIDS in India and the creation of a media and education campaign to help dispel such discrimination.

On Sify today, an article highlights that the…