Women's Empowerment Archives - Athena Infonomics

Internships at Athena Infonomics: Develop through Data
By John Harvey
An internship at Athena Infonomics allows you to develop, both professionally and by creating an impact in people’s everyday...
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Making ‘Digital India’ Work for Women
By Devkanya Chakravarty
India’s Cellphone Gender Gap About a fortnight before International Women’s Day, GSMA’s Mobile Gender Gap Report (2018) estimated that...
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Violence Against Women: The Cyclical Connection with Unpaid Labor
By Maria Jose
Violence against women is a symptom of a much larger problem. A symptom produced by a whirlpool of competing...
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Data on Women and Girls: What Can We Do Better?
By Deepa Karthykeyan
The case for collecting disaggregated data on women and girls is well-established, yet with only 13% of countries currently...
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Why we need to Recognize the Gendered Impacts of Enforced Disappearances
By Maria Jose
Political upheavals and unstable regimes world-over have been stained with the practice of abducting and silencing opponents. People literally...
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Identifying Contexts for Relationships between Coverage of Health Interventions and Infant Mortality Rate in African Countries
By Raghuveer Dinavahi
Introduction The way in which we analyse and understand data is important, and should be reiterated this World Health...
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Mental Health and Maternal Morbidity: A Neglected Dimension in Maternal Health
By Anupama Ramaswamy
With declining rates of maternal mortality worldwide, researchers are recognizing the importance of addressing maternal morbidity. Progress in maternal...
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The 5Ds: Changing Attitudes to Open Defecation in India
By Vandana Mehra Dharmendra Singh
This blog entry has been re-published with the express permission of The World Bank Water Global Practice, New Delhi....
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Using Data Science to Predict Future Increases in Women and Girls’ Literacy Rates
By Raghuveer Dinavahi
Methodology To calculate the estimates, a model which has the starting point 0 (which indicates 0 zero literacy rate...
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India Should Learn from the Progress of Others to Improve Women’s Presence in STEM
By Zuno George Verghese
Women in STEM has been receiving a lot of media attention, such as the role of women engineers in...
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Spouse’s Signature in Loan Contracts – Signing off on Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment
By Ambrin M
Microfinance programs are noted for their contribution and their potential in women’s socio-economic empowerment by providing financial services to...
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Why Greater Representation of Women in Courtrooms is Essential for Advancing Access to Justice for Women
By Anupama Ramaswamy
Today, in India, women represent a paltry 10.6% of judges presiding over India’s High Courts. The 24 High Courts...
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From Female to Daughter and Granddaughter Feticide
By John Harvey
Respected Indian Economist and Philosopher Amartya Sen has argued the importance of analyzing social and cultural influence in India’s...
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An Integrated Approach to Understanding and Tackling Violence against Women and Girls
By Dipali Anumol
Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world today....
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Financial Inclusion for Women Business Enterprises: The ‘Missing Middle’
By Radhika Asrani
Co-authored by Anupama Ramaswamy and Sanjana Singh The growing awareness on the role of women entrepreneurs in catalyzing economic...
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Breastfeeding in India
By Radhika Asrani
“Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is...
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Field Observations on Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding
By Anupama Ramaswamy
(Findings are from an Exploratory Research in Tamil Nadu) Breastfeeding of infants is an accepted global policy priority for...
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