Quenching Climate Needs
Significance of Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) for climate-resilient farming and farmers’ income in Bihar PCI India looks forward to closing the technology and gender gap to promote livelihoods in
Building Heat-Resilient Cities
A Blueprint for Cooler Urban Futures Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the most urgent urban challenges of our era. By 2035, nearly 43% of India’s population will live
Fate, Biology and Shame
The ‘Obstacle Course to a Woman’s Wellbeing’ A widowed mother of two, Rinki Kumari from Sahbajpur, Jehanabad, works as a Master Resource Person-Health & Nutrition at JEEVIKA to earn her
Innovations and Insights from the E-Rozgar Journey
Women transforming e-waste into dignity, livelihoods, and a circular future In the sprawling urban expanse of Bengaluru, amidst the city’s towering tech parks and busy streets, a quieter revolution is
Beyond Awareness
The Quiet Revolution in Maternal Nutrition Over a decade of experience working with rural communities in the domain of public health has given me valuable behavioral insights into women’s health-seeking
The Social Side of Renewable Energy: Why Women Anchor an Equitable Energy Transition
As India celebrates the Akshay Urja Diwas, the spotlight often falls on megawatts added, and technology costs reduced. And the numbers are indeed impressive. The global solar market grew
Beyond the Grid
How behavioral insights can drive decentralized renewable energy (DRE) adoption among rural women entrepreneurs India, home to 1.4 billion people, faces a growing and urgent demand for energy as it
The Right to Dream
Why rural women need permission to aspire In the quiet villages of rural India, a powerful but often invisible struggle is unfolding — the battle to dream. Not the kind
Beyond Metrics: Time to Rehumanize Development Evaluations
We need to view development evaluations differently where we focus not just in terms of what we measure, but also why we measure, how and for whom. It’s time we
Unregulated and Unseen
Understanding why the majority of e-waste recycling in India is handled by the informal sector The rise in electronic waste (e-waste) in India has reached an alarming rate, making