March2023

  • Lack of women in the nuclear sector puts net zero goals in danger

    Lack of women in the nuclear sector puts net zero goals in danger  

    March 8th, 2023: NEA analyses highlight that total nuclear energy production needs to triple by 2050 for governments around the world to achieve net zero emissions. The nuclear sector will need to grow and diversify its workforce as a result, but that will be difficult to achieve unless it attracts...
  • Dr. Jane Goodall: In Harmony with Nature

    Dr. Jane Goodall: In Harmony with Nature

    You have inspired millions of people all over the world. What does it mean to be fully human and to have meaning in our lives in this day and age of turmoil and strife? I think people need to think not about the whole picture. They just have to...
  • Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces Initial Speakers

    Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces Initial Speakers

    Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2023 (AnankeWLF. Planned to be held on April 11th and 12th, independent publishers, authors, filmmakers, artists, writers and journalists will congregate remotely to engage in dialogue focusing on...
  • Grief Is The Window Through Which Light Enters

    Grief Is The Window Through Which Light Enters

    “Decide today whether you want to live with me or your Ammi”, uttered my father while I was boarding the school bus to take my Grade III Science Exam one dreary winter morning. I didn’t feel anything at that time; or maybe I felt so much that it is...
  • On Freedom, Ideas of Feminism and Respectable Limitations

    On Freedom, Ideas of Feminism and Respectable Limitations

    It’s hard to explain to others what it’s like to go through life as a woman. I am constantly reminded of the obstacles and limitations that have been placed on me simply because of my gender. It’s not just the overt harassment and discrimination that I face on a...
  • Pace of Reform Toward Equal Rights for Women Falls to 20-Year Low

    March 3rd, 2023, (Washington, USA): The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global...
  • I love being a woman but it gets hard sometimes

    I love being a woman but it gets hard sometimes

    In her journal, my mother wrote about how lucky she was that her father had taken her to school despite this not being a common practice during that time. Having lived in a rural area all her life, going to school in the city was the utmost privilege. She...
  • Hardships are meant to make you not break you!

    Hardships are meant to make you not break you

    Although life is always uncertain, I didn’t fully understand its significance until I experienced it. My mother passed away when I was a teenager and, on my way, to completing my O levels. I felt stunned by how abrupt and unexpected it was. Being the family’s eldest daughter, I...
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