Bharat Mata – Is This Appellation Justified?
By DR. Elsa Lycias Joel A hypocritical outcry of deteriorating traditional values is often heard when a woman walks out of her marriage whereas the...
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New Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Report Shows ‘Missing Perspectives of Women in News’
A recent report commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, promoted also by International Women’s Media Foundation reveals how women are majorly underrepresented in...
Reading Between The Lines: A Search For Women In Current Children’s Literature
A look at the biased representation of gender and gender roles in children’s books in India Ashmi Sheth for YAS! (Young Adult Space) Literature, Culture...
The Role of the Courts and Law Enforcement Agencies in eliminating Judicial Stereotyping and Gender Bias
Shivangi Sharma Madhya Pradesh High Court in July 2020 (In Vikram v. The State of Madhya Pradesh in MCRC 23350/2020) while allowing a bail application...
Breaking away from oppressive traditions, widows celebrate Holi and Diwali
Did You Know? For the longest time, widows in India could not play Holi. Thanks to a PIL filed filed by National Legal Services Authority...
The Mother of Us All
by Karla Gottlieb Reviewed by Elsa Lycias Joel A book is only the start of a long, certain journey. Any author would like to be...
Didi, Bus Stop Chaloge?
By Neha Bhupathiraju A woman auto driver is a rare sight, we’d be lying if we said we didn’t instantly notice and make a mental...
Results of the 5th National Family Health Survey Shows Women Are Still Far Behind In Internet Usage
In a Survey conducted last year, as part of the fifth National Family Heath Survey (NFHS), an important question was asked – “Have you used...
Supreme Court entertains a PIL Seeking Directions For Uniform Grounds Of Divorce For Women Of All Faith
#Newsbyte #1MinuteRead #UniformCivilCode #SupremeCourt #law In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay and argued by Senior Advocates Pinky Anand and Meenakshi...
18 WOMEN WHO WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE
(On This International Day Of Peace, Learn About 18 Women Who Are Recipients Of The Noble Peace Prize For Peace) 21st September is celebrated as...
Announcement of Love-Jihad Bill In Madhya Pradesh Reminds Of Germany’s Rassenschande (Racial Defilement)
By Shivangi Sharma Madhya Pradesh Home Minister has announced recently to introduce the “Love Jihad” Bill in the upcoming state assembly session. The bill, to...
There Are Communists in the Funhouse, Aunt Flo Has Entered the Chat and, Nations Across the World have been Swept by the Crimson Tide
Picture Credit: Monika Kozub Pragya Jain discusses #MenstrualRights over the world and some hilarious euphemisms Sitting down to write this piece has been quite a...