Category Religion
New Delhi, February 7, 2022: The National Federation of Indian women (NFIW) unequivocally condemns the exclusion of young Muslim girls from universities and schools in Karnataka, on the flimsy grounds that their attire is not appropriate. The administration caved in to… Continue Reading →
Communities practicing female genital mutilation for generations believe it is ‘just a pinch of skin’ with no lasting impact on the girl International Day of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation, marked on February 6 every year, is an important… Continue Reading →
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 We, at the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), are shocked and angry at the incessant online attacks against women journalists, especially those from minority and marginalised communities who are outspoken about the plight of these… Continue Reading →
The Leaflet investigation into Uttar Pradesh’s ‘love jihad’ law bySabah GurmatJanuary 28, 2022 On November 28, 2020, the Bharatiya Janta Party-led Uttar Pradesh government passed the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance with the aim to curb forced… Continue Reading →
Suranya Aiyar believes it is important to take a stand to oppose the Centre’s alleged attempt to ‘rub out history’ Suranya Aiyar.The Telegraph Pheroze L. Vincent | New Delhi | Published 25.01.22, Suranya Aiyar, a lawyer whose grandfather was killed in action in the… Continue Reading →
Six students have continued to be marked absent since December 31 after being denied entry into their classrooms at the Government Women’s pre-university college in Udupi, Karnataka for their insistence on wearing a hijab. College principal Rudra Gowda has said the students can wear… Continue Reading →
Ram Puniyani 08 Feb 2021 Netaji Subhashchandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary was marked by various events this year (January 23). His portrait was unveiled by the President in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was declared that his anniversary will be celebrated as… Continue Reading →
Protests on the Mayang-Imphal road SREYA DEB ‘The police are saying that the investigation has started, but we haven’t heard anything about it yet.’ The recent grenade blast in East Imphal on Wednesday, January 19, targeted at the home of… Continue Reading →
I will not keep quiet’ By NEETA KOLHATKARJanuary 18, 2022 15:56 ISTG ‘If the person is silenced, then everyone else is terrorised and won’t speak up.’‘See what happened to Kiran Mane, you will face the same fate.’‘They want to send this… Continue Reading →
1/12/2022 by Rickey Gard Diamond It’s time to talk about women’s economics with attitude. It’s time to laugh at what is often absurd and call out what is dangerous. By focusing on voices not typically part of mainstream man-to-man economic… Continue Reading →