As per data presented in the latest edition of Economic Survey, 84% of women’s working hours are dedicated to activities they aren’t paid for. Women in our society have traditionally been dealt an unfair hand in all aspects of life. The financial independence and the freedom it brings has been a distant dream for a vast majority of females even after more than 7 decades of independence. The already dilapidated financial status of women has been further worsened due to the global pandemic. A research by Azim Premji University states that women were 7 times more likely to lose jobs…
Author: Shivangi Sharma
A new page opened in the book of education, under the shadow of COVID-19. Rising cases, lockdown, and uncertainty led education in schools and colleges to take an unprecedented turn. Both the students and the teachers had to shift to online schooling, and with it face its contrasting effects.Digital education has supported the learning in the past one year and even now does so. Innovation in teaching methodology and digital infrastructure has been the new normal with many positive outcomes. A recent report by Forbes suggested of increased student retention rates between 25%-60%. But when it grants children from well-off…
Since March 2020, Indian healthcare system has grappled hard to contain the COVID-19 surge. An exorbitant cost of this fight is being borne by the non-COVID-19 patients. The onset of the second wave, once again disrupted OPD and non-emergency services in several hospitals as majority of them diverted the resources at their disposal to combat COVID-19 tsunami. The Voices explores the crisis. Shadows of an Epidemic Diversion of medical infrastructure to curb the COVID-19 onslaught, has amplified the curve of distress deaths. For a populated country like India, where daily mortality rate for various Non communicable diseases (NCDs) has always…
District: Central Delhi Chandni is among the thousands of street children in Delhi, who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic and the lockdown that follows. Often, neither them nor their families are aware of the relief measures being extended by various state and non state agencies. The lives of these street children have taken a turn for the worst since the first nationwide lockdown was announced in April 2020. With 472 million children, India has the largest child population in the world and researchers say the lockdown has impacted around 40 million children from poor families. These include those…
To beat the Pandemic blues, Vikas Sethi has found a passion in a new activity, that not only feeds his soul, but is also an investment into a better world. By composting his Kitchen waste for almost a year now, he is ready to lend a bigger hand in fighting the capital’s growing garbage issue. On an average, Delhi produces 9,000 metric tonnes of garbage per day. While the permissible upper limit for dumping garbage at a landfill is approximately 15 to 20 metres, it is way past that mark. Due to the lack of proper segregation habits, everything is dumped…