Today is Daughter’s Day
Today is Daughter’s Day, and Indians are demanding social change. Daughter’s Day is an Indian social media campaign started by Women & Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi, that aims to celebrate daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters—with the ultimate goal of reducing female feticide, improving India’s skewed sex ratio, and educating girls. Gandhi reports that son-preference has […]
Nutrition & gender bias pose deadly risk for mothers and babies
Nutrition More than half of all Indian women, including pregnant and nursing mothers, are anemic. In fact, 59% of pregnant women and 63% of nursing mothers suffer from anemia, increasing their risk of miscarriage, infant anemia, and low birth weight. Anemia is not the only health problem stemming from the poor health and nutrition of […]