"The fact that the entire trade market of the publishing industry is still predominantly in the hands of men, means that there has to be a very concerted effort to shift that balance"- Ritu Menon

In November last year, the shortlist for the DSC literature prize was announced at LSE. Ritu Menon, co-founder of Kali for Women, and one of the judges of the prize, spoke to Rebecca Bowers about the decline of the feminist press in the West, and the challenges facing women in publishing today

Effectiveness of nutrition interventions in low and middle income countries: an evidence summary

This is an independent report commissioned under the DFID Systematic Review Programme for SouthAsia. This material has been funded by South Asia Research Hub, Research and Evidence Division,Department for International Development,Government of UK. The views expressed do not necessarilyreflect the UK Government’s official policies

Delayed puberty and abnormal anthropometry and its associations with quality of life in young Fontan survivors: A multicenter crossâ sectional study

IntroductionWe sought to evaluate the prevalence of delayed puberty and abnormal anthropometry and its association with quality of life (QoL) in young Fontan survivors.MethodsThis was a crossâ sectional study at 11 Pediatric Heart Network centers. Demographic and clinical data, anthropomety, and Tanner stage were collected. Anthropometric measurements and pubertal stage were compared to US norms. QoL was assessed using Pediatric Quality of Life inventory (PedsQL). Mixed effects regression modeling adjusting for clustering by center was used to evaluate factors associated with abnormal anthropometry and delayed puberty and associations with QoL.ResultsOf the 299 subjects, 42% were female. The median enrollment age was 13.9 years, and the median age at Fontan was 3 years. Fontan survivors had a higher prevalence of short stature relative to normative data (20% vs 5%, P 2 surgeries before Fontan was associated with delayed puberty. Lower family income (<$25 000) and hypoplastic left heart syndrome were associated with lower QoL.ConclusionCompared to the normal population, Fontan survivors have high prevalence of short stature, abnormal BMI and delayed puberty. Abnormal anthropometry, but not delayed puberty, was associated with lower overall QoL and perceived physical appearance scores. Routine screening for abnormal anthropometry, especially in HLHS and in lower socioeconomic status families, should be considered to allow interventions, which might ameliorate the negative psychosocial impact.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144293/1/chd12597.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/144293/2/chd12597_am.pd

Parens Patriae: Exercising Patriarchal Prerogative in Post-Partition India

This paper analyses the implications of this Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act of 1949 not with the intention of discussing its legal merits, but rather, to indicate that in the exercise of providing protection, nurturance and compensation, the Government actually withheld or abrogated certain fundamental rights of citizens, and that the language of the acts and ordinances reiterated the penal culture of bounded refugee camps or settlements.Abducted Persons Act 1949, refugee camps, penal culture, Partition, Legal Studies, Political Science, Sociology