Category Advocacy
I was a nuclear missile operator. There have been more near-misses than the world knows – Cole Smith
From 2012 to 2017, I worked as a US air force nuclear missile operator. I was 22 when I started. Each time I descended into the missile silo, I had to be ready to launch, at a moment’s notice, a… Continue Reading →
Most of the AAP women candidates who won are greenhorns TNN / Updated: Mar 12, 2022, AAP’s Santosh Kataria, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, Anmol Gagan MaanBATHINDA/LUDHIANA/PATIALA: Of the 13 newly-elected women MLAs in Punjab, 11 belong to AAP, while Congress and SAD… Continue Reading →
That women voters have played a big role in the BJP’s victory in Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a strong narrative after these results. Mar 12, 2022New Delhi Everyone likes to explain election results in hindsight. The temptation to ascribe… Continue Reading →
By -Kalyani Menon Sen, Nivedita Menon, JM Rugma, Cynthia Stephen, Enakshi Ganguly I. Background This note is a product of our effort to investigate the “Kerala illegal adoption case” where a new-born infant was forcibly snatched and handed over to… Continue Reading →
Access to safe abortion critical for health of women and girls: WHO 9 March 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care today, in a bid to protect the health of women and girls and… Continue Reading →
Dear all, We invite you to this urgent and important conversation on the viability of nuclear power and the affordability of nuclear risks in a world where nuclear facilities seem to be increasingly becoming sites of armed conflict and violence… Continue Reading →
Mar 9th 2022 INDIAN POLITICIANS love to remind people that their country is the world’s biggest democracy. They are also extremely prickly about its borders. Yet India has failed to condemn President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to wipe off the map… Continue Reading →
March 8, 2022 KAMALA THIAGARAJAN A teen girl with a smart phone in Kolkata, India, photographed in April 2020 during the government-imposed lockdown. Schools pivoted to virtual learning, which shut out many students — especially girls in low-income communities —… Continue Reading →
On this International Women’s Day, we salute the courage of all people living in conflicts and war zones which, in so many parts of the world, are destroying lives. The brutality and devastation they bring about have profound and… Continue Reading →
Simon Hattenstone The last time Angela Davis was in Birmingham, Alabama, she caught up with childhood friends and her Sunday school teacher. While many of us would reminisce about favourite classes and first kisses, they discussed bombs. “We talked about… Continue Reading →