Viva Charity: Empowering Women to Fight Female Feticide
Female feticide and infanticide have become such a disturbingly common aspect of India to the appalling point where it causes one to seriously wonder what fuels this. Devesh Lal is a Network Consultant in India for the international christian children’s charity, Viva. Lal believes that women have no voice in India, so they don’t …
White Bindis: New Tools in the Fight Against Child Marriage
Child marriage is a dangerous, repugnant concept that, despite laws and regulations, is a massive part of our world today. Unfortunately, South Asia holds the winning title, contributing with the largest number of child brides on Earth. Child marriage is nothing but a violation of human rights and a compromise …
Slavery Still Alive and Well in India
A comprehensive report, released late last year, named India as the country with by far the most people living as slaves. The Global Slavery Index, published by the Walk Free Foundation, indicated that out of the 30 million people still enslaved worldwide, India has an estimated 14 million. From unskilled labor …
The Case of Disappearing Girls
“India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a girl,” a recent UN report concludes. For girls living in the state of Bihar, this reality is all too real. Girls are forced to eat meager leftovers after their male family members have dined, and are at high risk of …
The Forgotten Youth of Kashmir
Violent conflicts have plagued humanity since the beginning of its existence, but few can equal the brutality and extensiveness as that of the Kashmir Valley conflict in South Asia (between India and Pakistan). Kashmir is no stranger to forgetting its children in the storms of war and aggression. The horrific …
Education Key to Changing Muslim Indians Quality of Life
Discrimination has a crippling effect on society. It always has, as history has proven, and it always will. Muslims in India are among those who face constant discrimination in a way that doesn’t just affect pride, but their means of living as well. Making up around 14 to 15 percent …
The Story Behind Your Carpet
The history of the rugs probably comes across as a bland topic, but you may want to look more closely at the origins of such carpets the next time you venture out to the store. If that rug is from India, there’s a high likelihood that it was made by …
India Will Take 56 years to Achieve Female Youth Literacy
Reading for many is something they take for advantage. Googling indians.united4socialchange.com through the use of putting letters together and reading the links to find this article to read, is a skill people acquired during adolescence in school. In India however, it will take the next 56 years for young girls …
India: The Slow Decline of Malnutrition
India is the 2nd most populated country in the world (China beat us out), at nearly 1.3 billion people. As of this very second, India is the home to 1,250,700,730 people. And this number is increasing by the millisecond (This link will give you an idea). Of that gargantuan number, over …
Indian Police Use WhatsApp to Find Missing Boy
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, a child in India goes missing every eight minutes. As shocking as it is, almost 40% of these children haven’t been found. In 2011, West Bengal had the highest number of missing children at 12,000. Madhya Pradesh was next with 7,797 cases, while Delhi …
