GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Social Justice (Issues related to women) Source: TH Context: A recent analysis (in The Lancet) has concluded that India is not on-target to achieve 19 of the 33 SDGs indicators. Background: The SDGs were adopted by the UN in 2015 with a vision to achieve a better and more …
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Introduction: On International Women’s Day this year, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskar on 29 women, in recognition of their exceptional work towards the empowerment of women, especially the vulnerable and marginalized. The recipients are from diverse fields such as entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, social work, education and literature, linguistics, arts and …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: issues related to women. Context: Women’s Day is celebrated every year around the world on March 8. Theme: Theme for International Women’s Day, 2022 (IWD 2022) is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. It attempts to recognise the “contribution of women and girls around the world, who …
