Bina Agarwal
The writer is professor of development economics and environment,University of Manchester,and author of A Field of Ones Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia. She is also the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Kamla Bhasin’s songs live on
Bina Agarwal writes: Her compositions, with their empowering message for women and girls, transcend borders.
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
India must push for women’s rights in land ownership
Bina Agarwal writes: Despite significant advancement in inheritance laws, only a small percentage of women own land in rural landowning households
Wed, Aug 18, 2021
Agriculture and rural sector can jump-start economy if we fix its ills
Agriculture can do hugely better if we change the way we farm; focus more on 'allied sectors' and build strong growth links with the non-farm rural economy.
Wed, Nov 18, 2020
An Expert Explains: Working with lockdown — create green worker pools, not green zones
Coronavirus (Covid-19): By focusing on green workers and not green zones, we can also minimise the need for housing in work locations, which most businesses lack.
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
There is need for a calibrated approach to end the lockdown, testing will be key
The complete lockdown, while needed as a first step, is also causing huge hardships to people, especially those without jobs and food, due to lack of warning and very little planning. But lifting the lockdown fully and suddenly will lead to new outbreaks. I would suggest we go for strategic easing of the lockdown in a calibrated way.
Fri, Apr 03, 2020
Policy must tackle not just dissatisfaction of large farmers, but distress of most vulnerable
To address farmers' woes, we need a multi-pronged strategy of income support, government investment, and institutional innovations, and not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
She is the answer
Gender equality is key to food security. But policymakers don’t seem to recognise that
Mon, Dec 10, 2018
To put Kerala back on its feet
After the floods, women’s group farms hold the key to reviving rural livelihoods.
Tue, Sep 11, 2018
Maternity benefits or jobs
A trade-off is not inevitable. We need joint social responsibility, more gender-balanced measures
Thu, Jul 12, 2018
The seeds of discontent
India faces not just a farmers’ crisis, but a serious meltdown of farming families
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
Where have all the flowers gone?
Why does our middle class desecrate public spaces in India? How can we put a stop to this?
Sun, Jan 03, 2016
Caring by the hour
Now that Bihar’s women have voted, what about their economic rights?
Thu, Nov 19, 2015
Our Turings and Hawkings
Many in India still fail to achieve the unimaginable due to physical, social disabilities.
Mon, Feb 02, 2015Whose law is it anyway
Those making a cultural case for Section 377 need lessons in South Asian history.
Thu, Jan 09, 2014A house divided
On compensation,the new Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill must be fine tuned
Mon, Sep 02, 2013Transforming quietly
What India can learn from a grassroots land reform movement in Brazil
Sat, Jul 14, 2012
Women’s inheritance: next steps
The livelihood and empowerment prospects of millions of women who depend on agriculture for survival are affected by their legal rights in l...
Mon, Oct 17, 2005A Bill of her own?
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendm...
Thu, Dec 23, 2004