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Gender and Mental Health: Combining Theory and Practice #GenderGaps

By- Vaidehi Gautam and Europa Dolay In the month of June , Gender Impact Studies Centre (GISCI), Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi conducted a special talk on Gender and Mental Health. The event was chaired by Professor… Continue Reading →

India – When a “womel” replaced a “manel” #GenderEquality

By – Kalpana Sharma If all-male panels are called “manels”, what should we call an all-woman panel?  Womels?  People, meaning even well-intentioned men, get irritated when women remind them that it is possible to attempt some kind of gender balance… Continue Reading →

Woman Doctors, Woman Writers … Is Using ‘Woman’ as an Adjective Demeaning? #Gender

By Alice Robb  Political-correctness 101 dictates that we should avoid gendered versions of job titles: We’re meant to use “server” instead of “waitress”, “actor” for women as well as men. (Thank God the nineteenth-century “doctoress” never caught on.) But sometimes, for… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading – Google’s Doodles: Oodles of Men #Gender #Feminism

  By Jane Spencer SPARK Movement What do Mahatma Gandhi, Big Bird, Michael Jackson and existential Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard have in common? All four are in the elite club of public figures who’ve been honored with a GoogleGOOG -0.29% doodle, the quirky… Continue Reading →

Working with masculinities #Gender #Vaw #Womenrights

HARSH MANDER The HinduGender equality will make the world kinder, less violent, and less demanding for men as well. TOPICS social issue abusive behaviour social issues (general) Gender equality will make the world kinder, less violent, and less demanding for… Continue Reading →

Harnam Kaur, Bearded Lady, finds beauty within Herself #Gender #Sexuality

  M Harnaam Kaur was just 11 when she started sprouting facial hair. As you might expect, it was a difficult time. In order to look like other girls at school, Kaur resorted to waxing twice a week. She also tried… Continue Reading →

Judicial insight on chastity #Gender #mustread

Vrinda Grover on Facebook Justice Ramanna was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17th February, 2014. In January 2014 Justice Ramanna as the then Chief Justce of Delhi High Court, in a judgment by… Continue Reading →

#India – Meet Swapna , First transgender to take civil services Exam #gender #sexuality

M. Vandhana The Hindu S. Swapna,( centre) a transgender, appearing for TNPSC Group-II Services examination in Madurai on Sunday. Photo:S. James It was a moment of victory for 23-year-old transgender Swapna, when she appeared for the group II examination conducted… Continue Reading →

Germany becomes the first European country to recognize ‘indeterminate sex ” #Gender

German passports will be able to have ‘X’ in gender field rather than ‘M’ or ‘F’ It comes after study called for better protection of rights of intersex people Figures show at least 150 intersex babies are born in Germany each… Continue Reading →

#India – Higher Sex ratio among tribal, SC groups: census #Vaw #Gender

  RUKMINI S, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2013 The census report busts the myth that education improves attitudes to female children. Data shows that India’s least educated social groups are those with better sex ratios. Photograph shows girls from the… Continue Reading →

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