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SAWM, Sri Lanka, statement on International Women’s Day March 8 marks the International Women’s Day, a day that recalls and celebrates the women’s struggle for equality and recognises the contribution women continue to make for the advancement of their societies…. Continue Reading →
December 28, 2013 For the last six months, Catholic cardinals, bishops and theologians have been deliberating in Vatican City, discussing the future of the church and redefining long-held Catholic doctrines and dogmas. The Third Vatican Council, is undoubtedly the largest… Continue Reading →
Hindustan TimesA modicum of sensitivity is the least we expect from our elected representatives in an atmosphere vitiated by growing sexual violence against women. Not so from Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal who has taken the Tarun Tejpal case as an… Continue Reading →
Farah Naqvi September 28, 2013 Between the upside and the downside, the facts are still sobering. Crimes against women are up. Child sex ratio is down (at 914, it is the lowest since Independence). More women are entering the workplace,… Continue Reading →
N. JAYARAM 16 August 2013, Open democracy Some British MPs have invited an Indian politician widely accused of having committed crimes against humanity in his Gujarat state more than a decade ago. It is not a crisis but an opportunity:… Continue Reading →
Dear Indians Do you want a daughter ? No of course not, why will you want a girl child , she is such a burden and a son will only carry on the family name etc etc… blah blah. Oh… Continue Reading →
March 1, 2013 Kamayani Bali Mahabal I am rising for an incarcerated tribal teacher Soni Sori , a woman who juggled several roles – a tribal journalist, activist, teacher, mother of three young kids. A woman who dared to speak against the… Continue Reading →
Dated: February 9, 2013 OPEN LETTER TO DELHI POLICE AND OTHER AUTHORITIES DEMANDING ACTION AGAINST THE POLICE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION Shri Neeraj Kumarji, We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are shocked by the… Continue Reading →
By Kamayani Bali Mahabal, 13TH fEB 2013 What does Februray 14 what does it stand stand for? Valentine day, right ?, no there is another connotation attached to it, this year globallY it will be the Violence free- day. The movement… Continue Reading →