Taking Gender Issues to the Cricket Pitch

Wed, 05/30/2012

The Hindu Business Line

Aesha Datta

The Hindu Business Line reports on the research results from ICRW's Parivartan program in Mumbai, which uses the sport of cricket to change unequal gender norms.

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