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Lalita Panicker

Lalita Panicker

Lalita Panicker leads the opinion section at Hindustan Times. Over a 33-year career, she has specialised in gender issues, reproductive health, child rights, politics and social engineering.

Articles by Lalita Panicker

Empowering young women to enter higher education

Since the 1950s, the government has launched numerous initiatives with the primary goal of enhancing educational opportunities for women. (Hindustan Times)

Published on Aug 16, 2025 08:55 PM IST

Trans-rights and the need for a nurturing ecosystem

It was only when Dr. Jency became an assistant professor that she got recognition for her hard work. “I am a professor first and a transgender after,” she says. (ANI)

Published on Aug 02, 2025 10:12 PM IST

The gains of curbing anaemia in women

While women are biologically more vulnerable to anaemia during menstruation and pregnancy, their elevated risk is largely shaped by social and systemic disadvantages. (Hindustan Times)

Published on Jul 19, 2025 11:29 PM IST

Art on his sleeve: As Krishen Khanna turns 100, an exclusive Wknd interview

(HT Photo)

Art and Culture

Updated on Jul 12, 2025 02:04 PM IST

India must push Taliban on upholding women’s rights

The Taliban perceive women as a major danger to their concept of an ideal State (AFP)

Updated on Jun 21, 2025 06:29 PM IST

Seaweed farming: A path to empowering women

From innovative food businesses creating high-protein seaweed crackers to award-winning biodegradable plastic, full-stack tech solutions to a legacy company cultivating important species of seaweed — the industry is replete with examples of women with big entrepreneurial ambitions (Wikipedia)

Updated on Jun 07, 2025 06:53 PM IST

Sensitising youth on gender through films

These films are a way youth can connect over common patterns of gender-related issues that we find in India and the neighbouring regions

Updated on May 17, 2025 07:17 PM IST

In Bihar, women script a tale of empowerment with goat rearing

In Bihar, women script a tale of empowerment with goat rearing

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:44 PM IST

On-demand transport no easy gig for women

Platform algorithms must favour women drivers in ride assignments close to their homes and areas (Bloomberg)

Published on Apr 12, 2025 09:12 PM IST

Women entrepreneurship in India needs nurturing

Women entrepreneurs can be nurtured by providing mentors as well as money to sustain their enterprises at critical times (PTI)

Published on Mar 29, 2025 08:09 PM IST

A women’s front to boost green energy

To draw in more women, enabling conditions must be created both in training and the workplace

Published on Mar 15, 2025 06:31 PM IST

Safer cities hold the key to women’s well-being

Mobility is vital for women, whether professionals or homemakers, and safe transportation can reshape their perception of secure spaces (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 01, 2025 07:15 PM IST

Making gender count in procurement policy

Akola, Feb 14 (ANI): Women process cotton on traditional machines, in Akola on Friday. The city is also known as the 'Cotton City of India'. (ANI Photo) (Neeraj Bhange)

Updated on Feb 15, 2025 08:05 PM IST

Budget as instrument for women’s empowerment

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Published on Jan 18, 2025 08:15 PM IST

Gaza women’s long wait for deliverance

Palestinian women walk across building debris following an Israeli airstrike at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jan 04, 2025 08:24 PM IST

Lalita Panicker picks her favourite read of 2024

From the ashes of a fractured life (Knopf)

Published on Dec 27, 2024 03:37 PM IST

Fight gender-based violence at the roots

An activist shouts slogan as she leads a rally to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) (AP)

Published on Dec 21, 2024 07:56 PM IST

Redesign POSH law for the informal sector

Female agricultural workers face severe exploitation and violence that goes unaddressed due to their fear of losing work, social stigma, and power dynamics that favour landowners and male counterparts (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 30, 2024 07:51 PM IST

What air pollution does to women in India

Gurugram: Sanitation workers amid smog, Saturday, Nov 9, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI11_09_2024_000215A) (PTI)

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 10:37 AM IST

Fix maternity care before calling for more children

Every expectant mother has the right to be treated respectfully in the facility of her choosing and shown a degree of compassion. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times) (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)

Published on Oct 26, 2024 08:35 PM IST

How influencers can help defeat toxic masculinity

CEQUIN is working to counter harmful narratives on social media by empowering influencers.. / AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (AFP)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 08:14 PM IST

Redefining role of men in family planning scenario

What needs to be worked on is the involvement of men in the family planning scenario (Stock)

Published on Sep 28, 2024 09:19 PM IST

Men, masculinity and gender justice for all

Sympathisers stand by the posters of an ongoing protest rally by the Junior Doctors Forum demanding justice against the rape and murder of a resident doctor at a government hospital in early August, in Kolkata, India, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) (AP)

Published on Sep 14, 2024 08:59 PM IST

Economic opportunity key to inclusion of transgenders

Patna, July 14 (ANI): Transgenders participate in the Bihar Pride Parade organized by Bihar Dostana Safar, in Patna on Sunday. (ANI Photo) (Aftab Alam)

Published on Aug 24, 2024 09:10 PM IST

A blockchain boon for women’s health

Blockchain use will ensure users retain control over their own identities, protecting their data from unauthorised access. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 10, 2024 09:09 PM IST

WASHing away the climate crisis risks

There is a need to increase women and marginal communities’ participation in decision-making bodies like slum development committees (Getty Images)

Published on Jul 27, 2024 09:22 PM IST

Parties must fulfil poll promises to women

Patna, Bihar, India -May .01, 2024: Voters showing showing voter ID cards after cast vote at a polling booth during seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha election at Danapur Diyara in Patna, Bihar, India, Saturday,01, 2024. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Jul 06, 2024 09:31 PM IST

A pink auto route to empowering women

A pink auto in Ranchi. (Parwaz Khan/HT Photo)

Published on Jun 22, 2024 09:01 PM IST

Mediation matters: A need for more women

Thane, India - May ,20, 2024: Womens participating in the voting process at a polling station in Thane
A womans voter appears for voting at a polling station at road no 22 in thane ,in Thane, in Mumbai, India, on, Monday, May,20, 2024. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo )

Published on Jun 08, 2024 11:45 PM IST

State needs to address the plight of domestic workers

There is no universal definition of occupational safety and health for domestic workers, and there is uncertainty regarding the responsibilities of employers in providing safe workplaces.(HT)

Published on May 25, 2024 10:00 PM IST

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