Jay Sehgal, Executive Vice President of the Sehgal Foundation, says his organization's bottom-up model is transforming rural ...

Amna Khatoon from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, makes bangles for a wholesaler during the lean agricultural season. If she could procure the raw materials on her own, she could open a small shop, turn in a ...

India's job market is experiencing significant growth, surpassing the working-age population increase for the first time in ...

An Ethiopian delegation visits India to learn from the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), focused on poverty alleviation and women's empowerment. Led by Sintayehu Demissie Admasu, the group ...

NAVI MUMBAI, India (AP) — India won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time with a 52-run victory over South Africa on Sunday, led by brilliant all-round performances from Deepti Sharma and ...

PARSAUNI, India — This country’s rapid rise was supposed to uplift the rural poor. Instead, economic stagnation is pulling men and women in opposite directions. On paper, the Indian economy shines, ...

Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...