Tag: Rural Women

Bhubaneswar: The Centre today inaugurated ‘Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins’ manufacturing units in Odisha which is being seen as an attempt to counter the ‘Khushi’ scheme launched by the State government. In the first phase, 100 manufacturing units will start operating with the joint effort of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and Common Service Centres (CSC). As per […]

Bhubaneswar: Empowering rural women through its Sustainable Livelihood Initiative (SLI), HDFC Bank targets to disburse Rs 500 crore in Odisha this fiscal, nearly three-fold rise from that provided last year, to elevate the status of households. “SLI has so far empowered over 2.13 lakh women in the bottom of the pyramid in 1121 villages of […]

Washington: Researchers have found that chronic depression is linked with increased health problems for moms and children in poor rural communities. The findings, published in the Journal of Family Social Work, revealed that mothers who were constantly depressed experienced more health problems, distrusted doctors and had a worse outlook on their lives, compared with moms […]