CRITIQUE OF MAHARASHTRA WOMEN POLICY– 2013 SUBMISSION BY- MUMBAI WOMEN GROUPS AND ACTIVISTS MAY 10TH 2013, Kamayani Bali Mahabal The Mumbai Women groups and activists submitted their critique to the Women and Child Welfare Minister Varsha Gaikwad, at the committee… Continue Reading →
Robert Bourgoing 18 Apr 2013 When I joined the Global Fund in 2003, my main responsibility, as the Manager of Online Communications, was to help the organisation deliver on its commitment to transparency. One of the conditions set forth by… Continue Reading →
By Joanna Sugden, http://blogs.wsj.com/ Joanna Sugden for The Wall Street Journal Bheemakka, 11, in ‘Bandhavi’, Koppal, Karnataka. In Koppal, an impoverished district in Karnataka, virginity is for sale. When girls dedicated in local temples under the illegal devadasi system… Continue Reading →
Adivasi Ekta Parishad http://www.counterview.net Ashok Shrimali By Our Representative The Adivasi Ekta Parishad has strongly protested against the alleged large-scale illegal mining of soil, rampant in Valod taluka of tribal-dominated Tapi district in South Gujarat. In a representation to the… Continue Reading →
New Social Movements, New Perspectives Nivedita Menon photo courtesy- : SAMPATH KUMAR G.P. JP Memorial Lecture March 23, 2013 We stand at an electrifying and exciting moment of history, when new forces are coming into view through a range of… Continue Reading →
March 15, 2013,http://www.island.lk/ I was appalled to read a recent newspaper article that reported a government ban on irreversible methods of contraception. Later I learned that the ban prohibits non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the provision of sterilization services. According… Continue Reading →
The Times of India, 15 March 2013 VADODARA: Days within the Supreme Court rapped the Punjab and Bihar police for their excesses on women, a city-based NGO has accused them of being insensitive towards cases of sexual harassment and domestic violence. Activist Trupti Shah, who runs… Continue Reading →
Corporatization of Municipal Schools – Disaster for Students, Parents and Teachers! Cancel the decision of handing over education of 4 lakh municipal students to Private organizations, NGOs and Companies! Join the Protest on 16th March 2013! In… Continue Reading →
Swapna Majumdar/Women’s Feature Service Consider this chilling statistic: In the last two years, in various states of India, more than 30,000 women were reported to have undergone hysterectomies. In 2011, 16,000 women opted for hysterectomies in Bihar; doctors performed about… Continue Reading →
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