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Odisha makes provision of Rs 250 cr to address malnutrition issues
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a bid to address malnutrition among adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating mothers and children under six years of age in the state, Odisha Government has made a provision of Rs 250 crore under Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana (MSPY) for 2023-24, said State Women and Child Developme
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Educate Girls' Project Pragati aims to empower adolescent girls and young
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls is launching Project Pragati with a vision to enable 10th grade credentialing for 10 million girls in 10 years. It is a flexible approach to secondary education for out-of- school adolescent girls and young women, which b
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Rose Merc Ltd and Nutraas Supplements Pvt Ltd collaborate to offer dope-fr
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI/NewsReach): Rose Merc Ltd (RML) signs E commerce Service Provider agreement with Nutraas Supplements Pvt Ltd, to make their high-end Nutraas dope free certified products available across India through RML's E commerce platform. This collaborative agreement wi
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Woxsen University launches Project Aspiration to empower marginalised adol
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 27 (ANI/PRNewswire): Woxsen University with its firm belief in developing its ecosystem and empowering the community around the campus, has launched Project Aspiration. Woxsen's Centre of Excellence - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion has conceptuali
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Room to Read India holds National Seminar on Life Skills Education and rol
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Room to Read's Girls Education Program has been working towards building agency and aspiration of adolescent girls for over two decades now. The organization's work, especially in the educationally backward blocks have brought forth ins
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Promoting Gender Equity, American India Foundation joins hands with EY - C
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AIF's flagship education program - Digital Equalizer in partnership with EY launched the 'EY Skillbridge Program', as a part of their Corporate Responsibility program to enable 2,50,000 adolescent girls across 500+ schools
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Plan India celebrates the culmination of its 28-day campaign Why Shy to Ta
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 31 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Plan India today celebrated the culmination of its 28-day campaign #WHYSHY to Talk Periods which sensitised around 28,000 adolescent girls and boys on menstrual health education and hygiene management in over 300 schools across Jharkhand and
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67 pc adolescent girls did not attend online classes during COVID lockdown
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): At least 68 per cent of adolescent girls faced challenges in accessing health and nutrition services and 67 per cent did not attend online classes during COVID-19 lockdowns in four states across the country, shows a report by an NGO.
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Indus International School students Crowdfund on Ketto to improve menstrua
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Menstruation is biological and a significant part of a girl's life, yet women in India experience extreme struggles to manage their period every month.
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Study finds potatoes not linked to elevated heart health risk factors amon
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): A new study has found that 9-17-year-old girls who consumed up to one cup of potatoes daily had no increased risk of becoming overweight or developing high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, or impaired fasting glucose.
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Educate Girls collaborates with Rajasthan's Directorate of Women Empowerme
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls, a non-profit working in the most rural and remote villages of India to bridge the gender and literacy gaps through girls' education, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of
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Study suggests adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): High avoidance, low conscientiousness, and parent's substance abuse history found amongst adolescents could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, over a three year period.
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