NEW DELHI: In three of the five states about to hold elections, more women vote than men. Women thus hold the key to assembly elections in Uttarakhand , Manipur and Goa. In the 2007 assembly elections, half of Uttarakhand’s 70 constituencies saw more women cast…
Read more »Pithoragarh, (Uttarakhand), Nov 17 (ANI): The birth of the new state of Uttarakhand in November 2000 symbolized hope for development in the resource-rich but impoverished hills of Kumaon and Garhwal in the Himalayan region. Eleven years later, that dream is yet to be realized. And…
Read more »DEHRADUN, Sep 19, 2011 (IPS) – India has been ranked the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women, but the widespread practice of selectively aborting female foetuses may make it the most hostile to the female gender. In the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,…
Read more »Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 23, 2011 Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand and Beed in Maharashtra are among several districts in India where vanishing girl child is a new phenomenon. As per 2011 census, child ratio in zero to six age group was 914, lowest…
Read more »[ANI] Nainital, Apr.10: A self-help group in Uttarakhand has held a workshop to train women in preparing herbal medicines in Nainital to make them self-reliant. Around 65 women from across the state participated in the workshop where they were given training in the preparation of…
Read more »Dehra Dun, Feb 20 (PTI) Women activists and NGOs have slammed the BJP government in Uttarakhand for expelling three women district panchayat heads on charges of embezzlement of funds. A host of women activists and their organisations have condemned the government”s action, saying the removal…
Read more »Lack of development belies state government’s tall claims Tribune News Service Nainital, February 18 Losing their patience over the failure of the administration to provide them with the basic amenities, the women from the rural areas of Bageshwar have threatened to launch a massive agitation…
Read more »NDTV Correspondent, Updated: January 31, 2011 10:33 IST Khatima (Uttarakhand): India may have taken strides in developments, but even today, high in the mountains of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, women are employed to lift human excreta on their head. For years, Lakshmi has been doing this…
Read more »Work-participation rate higher than national average Tribune News Service Nainital, January 9 In rural Uttarakhand, women are contributing up to 90 per cent of the total work in agriculture and animal care. The participation rate of women in the economy of the state is much…
Read more »Claude Arpi and Abha Tewari Rediff, August 9, 2010 Munsyari in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand is the last small town before the Nepal-Tibet border. It is here that Malika Virdi, a well-known mountaineer, social worker and sarpanch till January 2010, has chosen to live…
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