Dear All, 

A woman is invariably, a sister, daughter, mother, grandmother to man, at some point of time in life. If none else, every man has had bonds with his mother at least, and so has stakes in a woman’s cause. Women’s Synergy (WS) thus encourages men to reflect on their relationship with women and fathom the best in them that could go a long way in supporting and holding women as prized possessions.…

Attending this reflection session was useful. For  a person like me who wants to understand its relevance to the work one does this was basic and sufficient. J-Pal Delhi team  did a good job of finally educating me in most simple manner. I learned that there are evaluation of  programmes which resulted in decision of not to scale up  as a desired impact was not seen. I need to learn more on such evaluations. Diva Dhar's advice on scope of RCT in the work I have in hand is very useful. Now…

The VIII Gender and Economic Policy Discussion forum, organized by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) in association with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on 'Climate Policy in India through a Gender and Equity Lens' was held at the India Habitat Centre on the 2nd of July . Presentations were made by Ms. Aditi Kapoor (Alternative Futures), Mr. Srinivas Krishnaswamy (Vasudha Foundation) and Dr. Suman Sahai (Gene Campaign); chaired by Dr. Govind Kelkar (Landesa/Rural Development…