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Bhasha Singh
Hyderabad Fake Encounter: Police Brutality Under Garb of Curbing Sexual Violence
26 May 2022
In this special conversation, senior journalist Bhasha Singh spoke with senior advocate Vrinda Grover, who approached the courts against the Hyderabad fake encounter by the police in 2019 in the name…
Soumya Thakur
Field Notes of a PoSH Trainer: Unravelling Class Differences
26 May 2022
A white-collar male worker is inclined to be sympathetic towards an accused because that is where he stands and identifies himself as a class. But amongst labourers, I saw male workers standing…
Sandip Chakraborty
National Convention for Working Women Resolves to Strengthen Organisation in New Sectors
24 May 2022
The Convention, in which delegates from various states participated noted how across the country, women were facing harassment in their workplaces, and that there was disparity in pay structures for…
Annabelle Steffes-Halmer
Conference on Diverse Forms of Global Feminist Protests
20 May 2022
Violence against women is a global problem but women are successfully fighting back. The Goethe Institute's "Frequencies. Sharing Feminisms" festival shows how they do this.
Sonya Angelica Diehn
Menstrual Leave: A Blessing or a Curse?
16 May 2022
Spain could become the first European country to institute special time off for coping with severe menstruation. In places where such period leave is already in place, women say it helps. But there…
PTI
35% Men say Contraception 'Women's Business', Nearly 20% say Contraceptives Makes Women ‘Promiscuous’
06 May 2022
NFHS-5 report said about 64.7% Sikhs believed a man should not have to worry about contraception, while the number stood at 35.9% for Hindus and 31.9% for Muslims.
Manu Moudgil
Hostels in Indian Campuses Still Off-limits for Trans Students
06 Apr 2022
The absence of gender-neutral hostels means trans students are denied accommodation, forcing many of them to drop out of colleges.
Aditi Rajagopal
Can You Have a Greener Period?
31 Mar 2022
Single-use sanitary products are highly polluting. DW looks at the eco-friendly alternatives, like menstrual cups and period underwear, to see how they fare.
The Leaflet
Emerging Challenges on Women and Law in India – I: Challenges Relating to Women’s Engagement with Labour Laws
21 Mar 2022
ON February 23, the Centre for Women’s Rights [CFWR] at Jindal Global Law School, O.P.
Indira Jaising
Feminist Lawyering: the Other Side of the Independence Movement
18 Mar 2022
The practice of law in India may be steeped in a patriarchal culture that excludes women, but constitutional courts present a space where law can be used as an instrument of social change for women.