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Womenpowerconnect Newsletter, Professor Vibhuti Patel
Womenpowerconnect Newsletter, Professor Vibhuti Patel
Professor Vibhuti Patel
Dear Friends, It is once again time to reflect on WomenPowerConnect’s work and achievements over the last three months. WPC has continued to develop and expand its advocacy agenda and targeted concern for women on child marriage supported by Ford Foundation, Women’s land rights and property supported by Oxfam India, and Enhancing access of the Mobile population to HIV & AIDS services’ information & support in collaboration with Care India. The projects in hand are progressing well along with other activities. Many achievements have been made in advocacy and networking while many new highs have to be touched in the …
Womenpowerconnect, Delhi Publication Connect, Professor Vibhuti Patel
Womenpowerconnect, Delhi Publication Connect, Professor Vibhuti Patel
Professor Vibhuti Patel
It is important to understand the context in which gender budgeting has acquired great attention in the Union Budget 2013-14. India’s record for achieving the Millennium Development Goals has been extremely poor as compared to several African, Latin American and Asian Counties. In international for a “Shining India” India has been named and shamed continuously for not being able to reduce maternal mortality rate and child mortality rate, wide spread anaemia and malnutrition among women and children, starvation deaths in certain pockets, sky rocketing prices of essential goods for the poor, namely food, water and cooking fuel.