In recent years financial inclusion has been given top priority as financial development and economic growth are interdependent. Women constitute almost half of country's population and their work participation is also increasing and diversifying and impacting her family, neighbourhood and the...

The present century is an era of fast growing cities. While the big cities are the centres of brisk trade and voluminous business, they are also becoming the homes for the poorest. Urban poverty makes women the main victims of discrimination and alienation. Women not only encounter the harsh...

Women are increasingly becoming the victims of discrimination and deprivation despite the overall development of the society, economy and polity. That they are vulnerable and subject to humiliation and harassment even at homes – considered as safest place for all – is strange and painful....

The theme of the global Entrepreneurship Summit –‘Women First, Prosperity for All', highlighted that if women do better, countries do better. According to the Women's Financial Network, women start businesses at two times the rate of men. Traditional cultural perception perceived the roles...

Domestic violence is a severe social malady and an exploding problem. Also, it is one of the most common but least reported crimes. In recent times, however, there is a rush of publicity regarding women abuse in general. There are those who the victims as wrong-doers and justify violent acts...

We can achieve economic development and shared prosperity only with the full economic participation of men and women in the globalised and liberalised India. In recent years, support programmes for women entrepreneurs have gained traction and prominence as a mean to empower them, create jobs and...

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said: “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. When women who contribute almost half of the population are empowered it will strengthen the national...

Skilled human resource is vital for inclusive growth. Skill development is not an isolated phenomenon. Skill development has to be an integral part of education. Lack of education and lack of skills is a pandemic that we need to overcome in the current scenario. According to UNESCO, women...

Modern business is witnessing robust activity and innovations in two areas – entrepreneurship and human resource management (HRM) and the two are not necessarily separate. Entrepreneurship is being redefined. With qualitative changes in development indices in general and women development in...