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Using Cricket to Talk About Gender Equality

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Thu, 08/02/2012
The Huffington Post
By Madhumita Das

ICRW's Madhumita Das writes about the Parivartan program in a blog for The Huffington Post. The blog is part of a series organized by Huffington Post and InterAction during the London Olympics, and includes blogs centered the connection between sports and gender, disabilities, peace building and other topics.

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