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Traditional health practices of Kumaoni women: continuity and change

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Images of women in the folk songs of Garhwal Himalayas : a participatory research

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Women in struggle: the role and participation of women in the Chipko movement in Uttarakhand region of Uttar Pradesh

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Women and nutrition in Himalaya

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Vote power doesn’t mean empowerment for women

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…

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Self Help Groups help women come out of the veil in Uttarakhand

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…

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Missing Girls is About Femicide

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,…

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Pithoragarh and Beed new culprits in vanishing girl child story

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…

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Herbal medicine becoming source of livelihood for Nainital women

[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…

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Govt slammed for expelling women panchayat heads

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…

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