Shivangi Sharma

Shivangi is a lawyer based out of Bhopal. She is an active voice in the field of human rights, civil liberties especially women’s and children’s rights. She has written a Guide for parents/guardians and teachers educating them about how to combat child sexual abuse and is a strong believer of the fact that a revamp of school education curriculum is the way to make a more inclusive society. When she’s not screaming at random people on streets and internet for their sexism and homophobia you can find her cycling around, socialising and making Parks n Rec references while grooving on some 2000s Bollywood.

A ‘Foetal’ Death of Abortion.

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Supreme Court of United States on 24tth of June, 2022 decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (“Dobbs”) and ruled in favour of the state of Mississippi which was seeking invalidation of the 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade (“Roe”), protecting the constitutional right of abortion. After a federal district court ruling granting permanent injunction against the ban on abortion in the state of Mississippi was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, SCOTUS turned the clock back on the right to abortion stating that the Constitution of United States does not confer the same.

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“Layered Oppression, Vertical Reservation” Trans Community Objects Govt’s Categorization Under The OBC Quota

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Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment sought the National Commission for Backward Classes’s advice on the issue of including transgender people in the OBC list. This move if implemented will amount to providing transgender persons ‘vertical reservations’ within the OBC community, effectively dispossessing them of their Constitutional Right of reservation under the already existing categories.

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Menstrual Hygiene and Mother Nature

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One in every three girls around the world do not have access to proper sanitation facilities. The data speaks a lot about the discrimination faced by menstruating people around the world leading to periods illiteracy amongst the mass as well as sanitation industry. In India specifically, 71% of the menstruating girls remain unaware of menstruation until their first cycle and the culture of shame related to menstruation has ensured the lack of awareness on menstrual products. Studies indicate that most girls do not have consistent access to good-quality menstrual hygiene products with 88% of women and girls in India using homemade alternatives, such as old cloth, rags, hay, sand or ash making them susceptible to all kinds of diseases.

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