Security, sick rooms, washing machines, disabled friendly ramps and washrooms are all lacking in women’s hostels in the city. Most Working Women Hostels (WWH) in Karnataka do not provide basic facilities as mandated by the working women hostel scheme. Some hostel premises are being used for other purposes reports Comptroller and Auditor General of India […]
Continue Reading
Women’s self-help groups in Karnataka turn away from government schemes and instead rely on each other. Stereotyped. Ignored. Blocked. Some women entrepreneurs of Karnataka have decided to depend only on themselves. Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are stronger than ever before as they mobilize, manage, and support their own group’s as well as other groups’ funding […]
Continue Reading
The corporate does little for women startups By Nikita Arora Bangalore: In the Indian corporate world, only two per cent women based-ventures are given funds. Also, leadership roles are offered to only 20 per cent women. Gunjan Prasad, Director of Department of Industries and Commerce, said, “In 2017 when fundraising was done, two percent of […]
Continue Reading