Madhu Joshi

Centre for Catalyzing Change
Madhu Joshi

Madhu Joshi, Senior Advisor, Gender Equity and Governance at Centre for Catalyzing Change or C3, has more than 24 years of progressive experience with women’s organisations, national and international development agencies. Her thematic expertise extends across a range of gender issues, including violence against women, women’s political empowerment, and reproductive health and rights. Madhu leads C3’s work on gender, including interventions focused on advocacy and programmes.

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Time poverty for girls: Implications for educational attainment and workforce participation

In the fifth post of I4I’s month-long campaign to mark International Women’s Day 2023, Priyadarshini et al. leverage time use data from a study in Bihar, and find that girls take on a majority of domestic duties, and spend significantly less time studying or preparing for entrance exams. However, they note that since the pandemic, male participation in unpaid household work has increased. They also present qualitative evidence which shows that attitudes towards the conventional division of work are slowly changing among some youth.

14 March 2023
Human Development
Human Development

क्या लड़कियों पर 'नियंत्रण' रखा जाना चाहिए? बिहार के लड़कों और अभिभावकों की राय

अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस के उपलक्ष्य में मार्च महीने में प्रस्तुत लेखों की श्रृंखला के इस द्वितीय शोध आलेख में लड़कियों और महिलाओं की लैंगिकता पर नियंत्रण की चर्चा है। बिहार में लड़कियों के बाल विवाह की प्रथा आज भी आम है। प्रियदर्शनी, जोशी और भट्टाचार्य ने इस लेख में, लड़कों और माता-पिता के अपने सर्वेक्षण के आधार पर निष्कर्ष प्रस्तुत किए हैं, जिसमें वे इस प्रवृत्ति के पीछे के सम्भावित कारकों को मापने के लिए 'महिलाओं और लड़कियों की लैंगिकता को नियंत्रित करने और उन पर अपनी पसन्द थोपने की प्रवृत्ति' के लिए एक सूचकांक का निर्माण करते हैं। विशेष रूप से लड़कों के प्रतिगामी विचारों को उजागर करते हुए, वे स्कूल और सामुदायिक स्तर पर लैंगिक संवेदनशीलता की वकालत करते हैं।

15 March 2024
Social Identity
Social Identity

Promoting women in grassroots governance: Strategies that work

There are more than a million women elected to the Panchayati Raj Institutions of local governance in India. Despite constitutional provisions, women face many barriers when they participate in local governance. In this post, Madhu Joshi highlights some interesting insights and strategies from a project to promote the participation and leadership of elected women representatives in four districts of Bihar.

14 November 2018
Governance
Governance
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