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Freedom from Fear, When Sanitary Cloth Pads Reached the Villages

First there were four tailors, and then in the next village four more joined. In the third village five ladies heard about the course...

India’s First-ever UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment at Amrita

The United Nations has officially made Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India’s first-ever UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment. The official bestowing of the...

Non-literate rural women impart lessons in construction to American students

Living up to the global village concept, a group of American students are working hand in hand with Indian rural women to build toilets...

Facebook’s Innovation Challenge Award won by Amrita’s MySangham Skills Portal

MySangham, an online vocational education portal developed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's research center AMMACHI Labs, was amongst the winners of Facebook’s Internet.org Innovation Challenge in...

UN praises Amrita’s Women Empowerment Project

More than 1,500 women from various parts of India poured into Amritapuri for the two-day event in early May - A Celebration of Empowerment....

Plumber Goddesses of God’s Own Country

The tools in her bag jingle. There is a spring in her step as Jaya Mannan, 42, a resident of Marayoor in Kerala’s Idukki...