Category Women Rights
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 2021 (IPS) – With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched Gumuruk, a town in the Greater Jonglei region where conflict frequently disrupts daily life and stifles… Continue Reading →
Punjab Women Collective, expresses deep concern over incidents surrounding the around young adult Kashmiri Sikh women who married Muslim men, and often converted to Islam, after exercising their own free will in choosing their partners. However, they are being portrayed… Continue Reading →
Kadambini Ganguly was the first female practitioner of Western medicine in India, the first female to gain admission in Calcutta Medical College, and she bagged the top spot as the first female to achieve various other monumental goals. Breaking barriers… Continue Reading →
Colin Gonsalves Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court—first, -issuing notice on a petition asking for Section 124A -(sedition) of the Indian Penal Code to be declared entirely unconstitutional, and the other of quashing the -prosecution of journalist Vinod Dua… Continue Reading →
July 14, 2021- The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) expresses grave concern over the Draft Uttar Pradesh Population Control, Stabilisation and Welfare Bill, 2021 which forms part of its Population Policy 2021-2030. The Draft was made public on 11… Continue Reading →
Mourning the death of 31-year old Suha Jarrar, Palestinian online people have launched the hashtag #FreeKhalidaJarrar, calling on Israeli authorities to release her mother, Palestinian leader and lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, so she can see her for one last time. Please sign… Continue Reading →
News18 The first incident occurred around 5 months back and the sole accused has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Subsequently, the woman was gangraped twice by some strangers, with the most recent assault taking place on July 4,… Continue Reading →
This year, the theme of World Population Day 2021 is ‘the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility’. It will be observed to shed more light on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive behaviour globally By Vaidehi… Continue Reading →
By Vaidehi Gautam Preference of one gender over another, based on various forms of stereotypes, is known as gender bias. It can either be intentional or unconscious, and is subject to one’s social conditioning with respect to perception of different… Continue Reading →
‘Suli deal of the day’ -Cyber crime by- KIVLEEN SAHNI An anonymous troll shared a link with Kriti (name changed) and when she opened the link her image popped up along with a text above, “Here’s Your Deal Of The… Continue Reading →