Topic directory
Gender
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing gender.
- Agriculture Census of India
Five-yearly statistics on operational holdings, holding size, land use, irrigation, tenancy and farmer characteristics
Data source AgricultureLand India
Go straight to Agriculture Census of India - All India Survey on Higher Education
Annual institution-level statistics on higher-education enrolment, teachers, courses, results, finance and infrastructure
Data source EducationGender India
Go straight to All India Survey on Higher Education - Alternative Law Forum
Legal collective integrating legal practice with social justice, human rights, labour struggles, gender equity, and public interest research
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Alternative Law Forum - Buzz Women
Empowering underserved women through knowledge, skills, and livelihood tools.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Karnataka
Go straight to Buzz Women - Centre for Law and Policy Research
Legal research trust dedicated to constitutional history, transgender rights, disability law, and caste discrimination litigation in India
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Centre for Law and Policy Research - Global Findex Database
Household-level data on financial inclusion — bank accounts, savings, credit, digital payments, and financial resilience — for 140+ countries including India
Data source EconomyTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Global Findex Database - ILOSTAT
The ILO's labour statistics — employment, informality, wages, working time and union density, harmonised across countries
Data source LabourEconomy Global, India
Go straight to ILOSTAT - Jan Shaurya
Protects girls from caste-based sexual exploitation through education, legal awareness, mentorship and community leadership
Organisation GenderRights India, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Jan Shaurya - National Family Health Survey
India's large-scale household survey on health, nutrition, fertility and women's status, reported down to district level
Data source HealthNutrition India
Go straight to National Family Health Survey - Navya Jeevan Foundation
New Delhi nonprofit supporting women, children and older people through education, skills, relief and community outreach
Organisation WelfareGender India, Delhi
Go straight to Navya Jeevan Foundation - NCRB Crime in India
Annual national crime statistics compiled from state police records, plus accidental deaths and suicides
Data source Law & policingGender India
Go straight to NCRB Crime in India - People's Archive of Rural India
A living archive of rural Indian life — reporting, photographs, oral histories and video, in more than a dozen languages
Archive AgricultureCaste India
Go straight to People's Archive of Rural India - Periodic Labour Force Survey
India's principal recurring survey of employment, unemployment, labour-force participation and working conditions
Data source LabourEconomy India
Go straight to Periodic Labour Force Survey - PRADAN
Women-led livelihoods, producer collectives, and rural development systems change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar
Go straight to PRADAN - Progress of the World’s Women
UN Women flagship publication series on global gender progress with periodic benchmark reports and indicator-backed equity framing
Publication GenderWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Progress of the World’s Women - Sama Digital Foundation
Nonprofit repurposing donated devices and e-waste into digital skilling and coding education for underserved women and youth
Organisation EducationTechnology India
Go straight to Sama Digital Foundation - SEWA Bharat
National federation of informal women workers organizing for labour rights, social security, financial inclusion, and cooperative enterprise across India
Organisation LabourGender India
Go straight to SEWA Bharat - SNEHA Mumbai
Non-profit organisation working to improve maternal, child, and adolescent health and reduce gender-based violence in urban informal settlements
Organisation HealthNutrition Maharashtra, India
Go straight to SNEHA Mumbai - SRS and Vital Statistics
Official birth, death, fertility, infant mortality, life expectancy and cause-of-death statistics for India
Data source DemographyHealth India
Go straight to SRS and Vital Statistics - Svatah
Non-profit organisation promoting financial literacy, savings behaviour, and economic stability for women, youth, and marginalised communities in India
Organisation EconomyEducation Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, India
Go straight to Svatah - UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The global source for education statistics — enrolment, completion, literacy and education spending, by country
Data source EducationPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Vanastree
Women-run Western Ghats collective conserving traditional seeds, forest-garden biodiversity and small-scale food systems
Organisation AgricultureGender India, Karnataka
Go straight to Vanastree - Women, Business and the Law
Annual World Bank legal benchmark on gender-relevant labour laws, property rights and business constraints
Publication GenderLabour Global, India
Go straight to Women, Business and the Law - World Inequality Lab
Global research centre producing evidence, datasets and tools on income, wealth, political and environmental inequality
Organisation EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to World Inequality Lab