Laying the Foundation for Change: Empowering Women in the Construction Industry

In India, 88.5 percent of working women are employed in the informal sector, as per the PLFS 2023-24¹ In the construction sector, specifically, which is India’s second-largest employer after agriculture and a significant source of... read more

Multi-Sensory Design Aiding Children with Disabilities to Perceive Their Environment Better

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Recent scientific research identifies that humans have between 22-33 different senses, of which light, touch, sound, smell, taste, temperature and pressure are the basic ones. These senses are a result of the... read more

Who Cares? The Invisible Backbone of India’s Growing Cities

Care work is the very foundation on which the urban economy operates. From intimate care to domestic work to child and elderly care services, the care we receive and give sustains our everyday lives. However, while care needs are significant – by 2050, 347 million elderly persons and 300 million children in India will need professionalised care services – most care demands are currently being... read more

India Fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR-4): How does it focus on GHG emissions from solid waste?

Background – UNFCCC party mandates

India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which mandates all Parties to submit periodic National Communications to report on the implementation of the Convention. India submitted its Initial National Communication in 2004 and its Second National... read more

Empowering Women: Enhancing Urban Safety in Modern Cities

Women, constituting almost half of the population, are considered empowered and independent in the 21 st century. Being women ourselves, on the one hand, the feeling of empowerment and privilege prevails, for getting opportunities for education and employment. Though it is often overpowered by a sense of anxiety and fear, on the journey back from work, in staying at work past work hours, while... read more