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Opinion | Subhashini Ali | Updated: July 02, 2014 13:15 IST MORE BY SUBHASHINI ALI (Subhashini Ali is former MP, former Member of the National Commission for Women and Vice President of the All India Democratic Women’s Association.) Trinamool Congress MP… Continue Reading →
Pune has give an army of mostly Dalit (‘untouchable’) women the sole rights to collect and recycle the city’s mountains of trash Carlin Carr in Mumbai Guardian Professional, Tuesday 1 July 2014 17.24 BST An Indian worker carries a bag… Continue Reading →
JULY 1, 2014 Governments at the UN’s Human Rights Council stunned companies last week when they voted to start negotiations on a treaty to address corporate responsibility for human rights abuses. If done right, this could lead to… Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 2 July 2014 – 1:20pm IST | Agency: DNA Webdesk Picture source: Facebook Even as Tapas Pal tendered an apology on Tuesday for his statements inciting rape against women from CPI-M in Bengal, Mumbai’s own leaders grapple with male… Continue Reading →
JUCS Journalist’s Union For Civil Society ——————————————————————— तनु शर्मा प्रकरण की सी0बी0आई0 जाँच हो- जेयूसीयस रितु धवन और रजत शर्मा को तत्काल गिरफ्तार किया जाए इंडिया टी0वी0 की लोक सभा चुनाव में भूमिका पर जाँच करे चुनाव आयोग प्रेस काउंसिल… Continue Reading →
Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN | Jul 1, 2014, 08.44 PM IST WASHINGTON: Efforts by the Obama administration and the Modi government to put recriminations behind them have run into another tempest following disclosure that Washington sought and obtained legal authorization to spy on… Continue Reading →
Sometimes the press shows up in full strength at an event, asks lively questions — and then nothing appears the next day. KALPANA SHARMA asks whether such treatment of a discussion of a new book on the Ambanis is a sign… Continue Reading →
What happens when the victim is a child, too young to be blamed for what has happened to her? Well, then, it’s the mother who finds herself in the dock. Pic courtesy- DNA Sowmya Rajendran| The News Minute| July… Continue Reading →
By Arun Kumar and Kranti Kumara 30 June 2014 One hundred forty seven workers from the Maruti Suzuki plant in the north India state of Haryana continue to languish in prison nearly two years after being framed-up for opposing sweatshop… Continue Reading →
Press Statement: condemning comments by MP Tapas Pal on Rape #Vaw
Maitree is a non funded, autonomous women’s network of more than 40 organisations and individuals working for and with women’s rights; it has a diverse combination of autonomous groups, NGOS and individual activists. Apart from violence against women including women… Continue Reading →