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God created man and woman as complementary beings to each other.But man decided otherwise and enslaved woman for satisfaction of his own desires. The roles of men and women have undergone little or no change over the ages. A woman's identity has…

From womb to grave, in times of peace as well as war, women face discrimination at the hands of the state, community and the family. Female infanticide deprives countless women of life itself. Every year, millions of women are raped by partners,…

The biological model in health research is biased to women issues by minimizing them into anatomical and physiological factors. As one critical article put it 'women are studied for what distinguishes them from men their breast-and…

Women are equal or near equal to men in as far as sheer number is concerned, constituting almost 50% of the world population. However, it is common knowledge that this is where all comparisons end. Women's lives, the social pressures they are…

Abuse as every one knows, is not only wife-beating or bride burning, it can take many forms. It is not confined to lower socioeconomic levels of society. Women suffer emotional abuse at every level, even in so called educated, "cultured" houses.…

Reproductive health in general and adolescent reproductive health in particular has not received concerted attention in our country so far. The traditional view of marriage as "protection' to girls in puberty from premarital sexual exploitation…

In today's typical workplaces, stress is seen as becoming increasingly more common. Occupational stress is that stress which derives specifically from conditions in the workplace. 'Burn out is a by-product of stress. The study aims to understand the…

Depression has been found to be one of the main health concerns, especially in the case of women. A recent study by WHO found that depression will be the second important component in Global Burden of Disease (GBD) by the year 2020 in the case of…

Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women in India have been recognized as an effective strategy for the empowerment of women in rural as well as urban areas. The study is quasi-experimental in nature, as it attempts to examine the impact of psychosocial…

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) poses one of the greatest health threats in modern times. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981. At the end of 2006, women accounted for 48% of all adults living with HIV worldwide with an…
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