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COLUMNIST: SHOBHA SHUKLA

Indias highest court finally realises the monetary worth of a homemakers unpaid care work

India's highest court finally realises the monetary worth of a homemaker's unpaid care work

Jun 13, 2026 | Feature Article

It all started with a road accident in Indian state of Punjab on 25th November 2001 which killed home maker Reshma - a m ...

Jun 2, 2026 | Feature Article

How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we the people have to empty our pockets to fend for and ...

May 31, 2026 | Feature Article

This year 39;s Menstrual Hygiene Day as well International Day of Action for Women rsquo;s Health is a grim reminder th ...

May 24, 2026 | Feature Article

An important Declaration endorsed by over 1500 experts has called upon Indonesia to ratify the lifesaving global tobacco ...

May 12, 2026 | Feature Article

The common phrase 39;good girls take care of family 39; reflects a deeply ingrained social expectation, often ...

May 2, 2026 | Feature Article

Despite growing backlash against women rsquo;s rights and feminist movements globally, it gives hope to see that world r ...

Apr 25, 2026 | Feature Article

Change calls us here to gather, strategise and shift power, so says the theme of Women Deliver Conference 2026, which ...

Apr 23, 2026 | Feature Article

High level ministerial delegations from over 100 countries (mostly from the Global South) are expected to converge in Ni ...

Mar 21, 2026 | Feature Article

With only 56 months left to end TB globally by 2030, the progress is way off the mark. To end TB, we have to protect peo ...

Mar 18, 2026 | Feature Article

The 70th session of the intergovernmental UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - UN 39;s largest annual forum on ...

Feb 21, 2026 | Feature Article

More of the same model would fail us even more on sustainable development goals and targets. With 58 months left to deli ...

Feb 6, 2026 | Feature Article

Accountability is critical when it comes to ensuring that promises made by the governments translate into ground ...

Jan 31, 2026 | Feature Article

Even before 2026 began, we were never on track to deliver on gender equality and human right to health and broader devel ...

Jan 26, 2026 | Feature Article

Summit of sub-national government leaders from over 121 cities of 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific region unitedly p ...

Jan 11, 2026 | Feature Article

The year 2026 marks an important milestone with only 5 years left for world leaders to deliver on the promise of ending ...

Dec 31, 2025 | Feature Article

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the top 10 global health threats - and is also a threat to food safety and secur ...

Dec 26, 2025 | Feature Article

As 2025 wraps up, let us remind ourselves of the prominent promises (and some legally binding ones) which our government ...

Shobha Shukla
Shobha Shukla

Shobha Shukla is the founding Managing Editor of CNS (Citizen News Service) and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Media Network to end TB & tobacco and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media).