Affluent-women-only.com
Indian women seem to have arrived. At least, that appears to be the Net truth. The International Day for Women saw the launch of three sites dedicated to Indian women: smartbahu.com; indiawomanpower.com and womeninfoline.com. These are not the only such sites.

Women pay more for environmental degradation
The experience of two environmentally degraded villages, one in drought-prone western Orissa and the other in the degraded Kumaon hills, show resource scarcity as well as socio-economic inequalities take a toll on women's health.

Customising women friendly practices
Sixty-five-year-old Venkatamma, the resident of a village in Andhra Pradesh, is a fiery old woman who doesn't mince words.


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