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India has one of the highest unemployment rates in women
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- G.s paper III: Indian Economy: Unemployment Sociology: Gender; Inequality; Poverty, deprivation and inequalities. NEWS IN
Continue readingUnpaid care work exposes women to virus-related health risks, violence in Asia and the Pacific: UN
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality, reproductive health. Violence against Women NEWS IN
Continue readingCountries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Stratification and mobility: Gender; inequalities Visions of Social Change in India: Constitution, law and social change.
Continue readingSouth Africa considers letting women have multiple husbands. Uproar follows
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage. Patriarchy NEWS IN SHORT The government document has said that
Continue readingThe Tokyo Olympics will be the games of all mothers
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Stratification and mobility: Gender; inequality; Patriarchy and sexual divisions of labour NEWS IN SHORT Now that
Continue readingPopulation populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach?
Relevant for SOCIOLOGY Syllabus- Population dynamics: Population size, growth, composition and distribution. Components of population growth: birth, death, migration. Population
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Effect of high temperatures, low productivity on India’s growth prospects
Effect of high temperatures, low productivity on India’s growth prospects Relevant for SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS- PAPER 2 – PATRIARCHY & ENTITLEMENTS.
Continue readingIt’s common sense’: Taslima Nasreen takes dig at Imran Khan’s remark on sexual violence
Sociology: violence against women; Gender, inequality; patriarchy and sexual division of labour NEWS IN SHORT Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
Continue readingBride calls off wedding, says groom can’t walk without glasses
Sociology: Gender; inequality; family and Marriage Patriarchy, Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour NEWS IN SHORT A bride in
Continue readingAbhijit Banerjee says social scientists should guide policymaking
Sociology: Sociology as Science: Science, scientific method and critique. Major theoretical strands of research methodology. NEWS IN SHORT Delivering the
Continue readingWomen get left behind in Covid-19 vaccination drive
Women get left behind in Covid-19 vaccination drive Sociology: Gender: inequality G.s paper II: Governance NEWS IN SHORT: For every
Continue readingChina lifts cap on births per family, announces families can have three children
Sociology: Population dynamics : Population policy and family planning. NEWS IN NSHORT China announced that married couples may have up
Continue readingSharp rise in child marriages during lockdown
Sociology: Systems of Kinship in India: Family and marriage in India. Household dimensions of the family. Emerging issues: ageing, sex
Continue readingAfter 15-year-old girl is caught plucking flower, Odisha village boycotts all 40 Dalit families
sociology: Caste System: Untouchability – forms and perspectives; Challenges of Social Transformation: Caste conflicts NEWS IN SHORT: Forty Dalit families
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