India's 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) reserved one-third of seats in rural Panchayati Raj institutions for women. Over 1.4 million women now hold …
New Delhi, India
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 20%89/100
Since 2008, Delhi's Azad Foundation has trained 6,000+ marginalised women as taxi, delivery and two-wheeler drivers, placing 4,500+ in paid transport jobs …
New Delhi, India
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 20%89/100
Since 2008, Barefoot College in Tilonia, India has trained over 1,700 rural, often illiterate, women from 96 countries as solar engineers, electrifying …
Tilonia, India
Good practice
Evidence: Quasi-experimental
Top 29%85/100
India's 2005 Hindu Succession Amendment gave daughters equal birthright to ancestral property. Studies show gains in inheritance, schooling and marriage age, but …
New Delhi, India
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 29%85/100
Tata Trusts and Google India's Internet Saathi programme trained close to 60,000 rural women as digital-literacy trainers ('saathis'), reaching over 20 million …
Breakthrough's Bell Bajao! campaign mobilised bystanders across India to interrupt domestic violence; reaching over 130 million people, it was linked to a …
India's DAY-NRLM sub-scheme has sanctioned 84 projects across 24 states, targeting 3 million+ women farmers. A Nielsen study found 1.3x higher agricultural …
New Delhi, India
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 56%63/100
Since FY2005-06, India's Union Budget has published a Gender Budget Statement classifying spending by share benefiting women. It reached 8.86% of the …
India's 2013 company-law mandate for at least one woman director tripled boardroom representation, but studies show many firms complied by appointing promoters' …