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Peeling the Biases Towards the Food Choices

Guest Author08/12/2024037 views

Food has a magical effect on people. When we are having a terrible day, a good day, or celebrating, it has the power to change moods and make things better. It’s an important part of our life, from festive meals to simple soothing meals on bad days. Yet, in our country, individual or community food choices are frequently morally policed. Food has the capability to both unite and divide people across culture and societies. And this duality of food is a reflection of our societal complexity.

The Common Woman: “I Had SEX, A Lot of It”

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As yet another body is discovered drenched in blood, the society pleads with me to consider, “What if she was your sister or mother”? Her virtues are listed, her values enshrined. Her very person-hood, cruelly dismissed in life, is placed on an unimpeachable pedestal in death. She is hailed as the embodiment of pristine femininity while simultaneously detached from their own reality. A week later, she transitions into a cold statistic. It is quickly forgotten that she was a real woman who led a real life which happened to include a real trauma. And so am I.

Looking Beyond Finance: The 2024 Budget And It’s Impact On Women

Guest Author08/12/2024035 views

Imagine a budget which transcends numerical values, adding real value to its people and making lives easier! Indians eagerly await the financial budget release day to know how funds have been allocated to different avenues of their life and how much tax they have to pay. The 2024 financial budget, presented on 23 July 2024, promises to add real value to the lives of four primary groups – the poor, the youth, farmers and women. Women comprising almost half the population have been promised numerous benefits under this budget to bridge the gap towards gender equality. So let’s explore what’s in this year’s budget for women?

Champions of Change: Supreme Court’s Verdict on Strengthening Women’s Maintenance Rights

Guest Author08/12/2024035 views

Women in India, like in most developing countries across the world, have suffered long-standing oppression to the point where taglines such as “striving for gender equality”, “women empowerment” and “women rights” are so popular and basic for any write-up title. In search of a unique and catchy title, I opened ChatGPT to send a prompt – “write an empowering and catchy quote on women who have discriminatory personal laws in India” and received the following response:

“Women are not just subjects of personal laws; they are champions of change, fighting for justice and equality in every corner of India.”

मीडिया संस्थानों में लैंगिक असमानता

Rajesh Singh08/12/2024024 views

विश्व में महिला पत्रकारिता का अध्याय सर्वप्रथम 1831 में अमेरिका से आरंभ हुआ, जब एनी न्यूपार्ट रॉयल ने “प्राल पाई” नामक पत्र प्रकाशित करना शुरू किया I इसके बाद इन्होंने ‘हंटर’ के नाम से एक और पत्र निकाला। इसी प्रकार भारत में मोक्षदायिनी देवी ने वर्ष 1848 में “बांग्ला महिला” नामक पत्र प्रकाशित करना शुरू किया, जो किसी भारतीय महिला द्वारा प्रकाशित होने वाला प्रथम पत्र था। 1857 में चेनम्मा तुमरी ने बेलगांव से कन्नड़ भाषा में “शालामठ” पत्रिका निकाली, इसी दौर में उर्दू भाषा में आसिफ जहां ने “हैदराबाद गजट” और हिंदी में श्रोमिया पूर्णा देवी ने “अबला हितकारक” प्रकाशित किया। इनके अलावा आजादी से पूर्व भारत में उषा मेहता, शांता कुमारी, उर्मिला, मीरा दत्त, फातिमा बेगम, सायरा बेगम आदि महिलाओं ने पत्रकारिता के क्षेत्र में बढ़ चढ़ कर हिस्सा लिया और अपना लोहा मनवाया।

Economic Abuse Under Domestic Violence Act

Guest Author08/12/2024035 views

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 even report it. Nonetheless, many people continue to be victims of domestic abuse. Domestic violence is a strategy of instilling fear and servility in a person in a domestic setting, such as a household. The motivation for this violence can range from the need to maintain an individual’s power structure over another to the desire to instill/coerce another for self-gratification.

Marital Rape in India

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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, about 70% of women in India are victims of domestic violence. One such manifestation of this domestic violence is Marital rape. Marital rape, forcing your spouse into having sex without proper consent, is an unjust yet not uncommon way to degrade and disempower women.

एक आम भारतीय महिला की व्यथा

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जब -जब तुम कहते हो,
तुम कर ही क्या सकती हो
औरत हो बस
घर में ही रह सकती हो।

लड़कियों के सपने तोड़ती नई शिक्षा नीति 2020

Rajesh Singh08/12/2024025 views

प्रत्येक देश में किसी भी मौजूदा नीति में सुधार या उसके स्थान पर नई नीति तभी लाई जाती है जब संभवतः मौजूदा नीति समकालीन समय में अपने लक्ष्यों को प्राप्त करती प्रतीत नहीं होती। इसी सिलसिले में भारत की केंद्र सरकार ने 34 वर्षों बाद 2020 में नई शिक्षा नीति को लागू किया है।

7 Years of Recognizing Women

Guest Author08/12/2024036 views

The digital women awards were established in 2015 with a goal of celebrating and recognizing entrepreneurs or digital women. The focus of the awards is on the growth and success of women using the internet and impacting their own lives so that they become financially independent and self-reliant in more ways. The awards are open to any woman who is working in the digital space as an entrepreneur and who has achieved excellence in their field.