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    From Fodder Scarcity to Surplus: Bihar’s Goat Farmers Lead 1,000-Acre Green Mission

    Women farmers were trained in better feeding, mineral mixes, housing, and preventive healthcare, along with support to access finance and markets. Gradually, goat mortality dropped from 53 percent in 2022 to just 9.6 percent in 2025.
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    Nominations Open for 2nd Just AI Awards 2025 – Asia Pacific Edition

    The second edition of the Just AI Awards – Asia Pacific is now open for nominations, spotlighting individuals and organisations that are building ethical, inclusive, accountable, and impactful AI solutions for the public good.
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    Empowerment

    In Lok Sabha: Improved Access to Education and Training to Empower Women

    Special provisions have been made for meeting expenditure on conveyance and boarding and lodging as well as enhanced post placement support for women to encourage the participation of women in skill development programmes.
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Discord over Women’s Political Representation and Structure of Parliament

    Beyond gender, structural reform discussions aim to shift from a unicameral legislature to a bicameral one – a vision that most parties accept in principle.
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    Agriculture policy

    Heifer, ICA launch Seeding Strength Campaign

    Launched in commemoration of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2025, the ‘Seeding Strength’ campaign highlights the transformative role of agricultural cooperatives in India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.
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    DAY-NRLM hosts brainstorming session on Ease of Doing Business for SHG Members

    In a step toward scaling up rural enterprises led by Lakhpati Didis and other grassroots entrepreneurs, the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) organized a 360-degree brainstorming session in New Delhi.
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    Agri-business

    From Fire Hazard to Green Gold – Nepal’s Forest Women Transform Crisis Into Opportunity

    Meena’s work has not only built a thriving local economy but has also contributed to a 70 percent reduction in forest fires over the past year. What began as survival has become stewardship, and a local economy built leaf by leaf.
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Commission Pushes Sweeping Legal Reforms to Eliminate Gender Disparities

    The commission called for enforcement of the existing rule mandating 33 per cent women’s representation in political parties under the Representation of the People Order. It also proposed institutional reforms within parties to address corruption and create enabling environments for women.
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