It Is Patriarchal And Sexist To Suggest That A Woman Can Not Be Believed When She States That She Was Raped, Merely For The Reason That She Is Sexually Active
159.85 million women in India, according to a 2011 census, state “household work” as their primary occupation compared to only 5.9 million men. The same gender disparity in household work …
As practitioners/students of law and justice, we are all well aware of Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Even those who are from the non-legal areas of society …
Last year, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy commemorated the 37th anniversary of the incident. Thereafter, they decided to launch a campaign, “Bhopal Disaster: 37 years; 37 questions”, through this …
Behind every ancestral property now stands women with equal rights as men. It is commonly misunderstood that the property is devolved to the son(s) of the family and not the …
Domestic violence against women is not uncommon in Indian society. It affects a large number of women, and the majority of them are so used to it that they don’t …
The Indian sex workers case is making the top headline these days. The recent order dated 19-05-2022 given in the case of Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal And …
These days it has become my intention to talk to each and every woman I come across in my life about the powerful value that using menstrual cups can add …
Women are coming together in a unique co-operative model in a small town in Himachal to prepare local food materials and sell it at a popular tourist destination – Jalori …
The situation of widowed women in our country has not attracted the attention of policy-makers, may be because they are not a vocal group aggressively pressing for their rights and …
Domestic violence in India is an entrenched problem, and it has only been exacerbated in recent years. According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) ‘Crime in India’ 2019 report, …
Above is the cliché that each one of us has mandatorily heard several times in our lifespan. There is no doubt that the dress we wear is layered with many …
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