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Disability - Advice, Insight Jan '22

Is horizontal reservation ensuring jobs efficiently for the disabled?

By Amrita Chanda
Amrita Chanda elaborates on the situation of horizontal reservation for persons with disabilities in public sector employment
Insight, Policy Matters Dec '21

Can increasing women’s marriageable age alone enhance their life options?

By Sankalpita Mullick, Sudhasri Yadavalli
Sankalpita Mullick and Sudhasri Yadavalli analyse the controversial Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Vartanama Dec '21

Hope . . . and doubt . . . spring eternal

By Pawan Dhall
A year-end piece on pain and rejuvenation, hope and uncertainty by Pawan Dhall
Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

By Debjyoti Ghosh
Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools
Insight, Policy Matters Nov '21

Is digitization the new bed fellow for anti-queer discrimination?

By Brindaalakshmi K.
The author wants to alert queer people in India against an uncritical embracing of digital inclusion
Vartanama Oct '21

Mistreatment of people living with HIV still happens in government facilities

By Pawan Dhall
Universal healthcare access in India – can this dream become a reality without ensuring patient dignity?