Climate impacts are intensifying to become one of the most significant health crises this century. In the recent times, we have seen examples of extreme weather conditions with constant worrisome news of forest fires, heatwaves, draughts, hurricanes, floodings, earthquakes, winter storms, etc. which have led to widespread devastation, deaths, and displacements – the most recent […]

India has been in a serious water crisis for the past 20 years. Per capita availability has declined to about 1,400 cubic meters annually and will decline further as urban and industrial growth accelerates. The issues are well known, but in their thematic and administrative silos.

“The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity. When government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.” – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Today is International Safe Abortion Day – […]

These are just some of the alarming extreme weather events in this year alone that have made it to the headlines. As you read this, Pakistan is reeling from unprecedented rain and flooding that has devastated the country. And we can be sure to expect more such weather events around the world that tells us that climate change is very real and is taking place at a rate not seen in the past 10,000 years.

For the longest time, our society has lived in a rigid binary world of men and women and girls and boys. Today, slowly but surely the world is understanding that gender is evolving. My introduction to this colourful world of gender took place when I started working with a CBO who worked for the LGBTQ+ […]

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from August 1-7 every year by 120 countries. The aim of the week is to remind everybody that each of us have a role in protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding. Keeping in mind this year’s theme – ‘Step up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support’, we asked Suchi Mahajan, Senior Director […]