Roshni Menon

Roundtable on Inequality, Housing, and the Future of Urbanization

Roshni Menon

The Inequalities-Environment Nexus: Tools for Catalyzing a Just Transition

COP28, Extreme Inequality, and the Incomplete Fight Against Climate Colonialism

Australia’s Vote on Indigenous Rights: When Referendums Turn into Weapons of Polarization

Canada's Gender-Based Analysis Plus assesses policy impact on diverse populations

Introduced in 2011, GBA+ is a federal policy tool and analytical process which provides a rigorous method for the assessment of systemic inequalities. It was designed to assess how diverse groups of women, men, and gender-diverse people may experience policies, programs, and initiatives passed in Canada.

India's Rural Employment Act offers wage employment to rural households

India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA, 2005 - also known as NGREGA) is the world’s largest public works programme. The Act aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It views employment as a right, legally binding the government to provide employment within 15 days of an official claim. In 2020-21, NREGA provided employment to 76 million rural Indian households, a significant proportion of which went to women and people from marginalized communities.

India’s Right to Information Act guarantees citizens’ right to access information from government bodies (2005-Ongoing)

“Hum Janenge, Human Jiyenge” (the right to know, the right to live–a slogan of the RTI movement) India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act, 20051 sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. Under the provisions of RTI Act, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (any body of government established or constituted under the Constitution or any law made by the Parliament or State legislature), which is required to reply within thirty days. The RTI Act has expanded democratic space and empowered ordinary citizens to limit corruption within the state.

Why Today’s Polycrisis Increases the Importance of Delivering Gender Equity

Roshni Menon

One Year After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine