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E Jayashree Kurup
Progressive Judicial Orders Boost Hindu Women’s Inheritance Rights
15 Apr 2021
A woman can write a will bequeathing her property to anybody she chooses.
Newsclick Report
Hundreds of Millions of Women Have No Bodily Autonomy: UN Report
15 Apr 2021
The latest UNFPA report shows that only 55% of girls and women in 57 countries are able to make their own decisions with regards to sexual relations, contraceptives and reproductive health care.
Rachna Agarwal
Who is Responsible for Killings in the Name of Honour?
14 Apr 2021
In 1936, BR Ambedkar had said caste must be annihilated to rid India of regressive social norms related to caste, gotra, class, religion, and gender.
Neelambaran A
Tamil Nadu: RSS, BJP and Sangh Parivar Using Religious Beliefs to Polarise Women
14 Apr 2021
‘Vetrivel Veeravel’, chanted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the election campaign meeting in Madurai on April 2.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Large Number of Women Do Not Have Access to Maternity Benefits: Survey
11 Apr 2021
The paper by economists Jean Dreze, Reetike Khera, and Anmol Somanchi is based on the findings of the Jaccha Baccha Survey (JABS), a survey of pregnant and nursing women in rural India conducted in…
Taroa Zuñiga Silva
Migrant Women Are Holding Society Together During This Pandemic
08 Apr 2021
The social impact of lockdowns has unequally been borne by women, with many having to leave the workforce due to mounting pressure of looking after families and home schooling of children.
Devaki Jain, ICF Team
“There is Greater Distress and Injustice in Society Today”
06 Apr 2021
Renowned feminist economist, academician and women’s rights activist, Devaki Jain, recounts her story and through it, that of an entire generation and a nation, in her memoir, The Brass Notebook.
Pratiksha Baxi, Navsharan Singh
A Case for the Release of All Women Undertrial Prisoners
04 Apr 2021
It is time to rethink the prison system as it exists from the point of view of gender and sexual minorities, a question that should concern all kinds of publics and movements, jurists and academics,…
Sanchita Kadam
Parl Comm Pushes for Post-Trauma Services to Rehabilitate Survivors
01 Apr 2021
In Part – 2 of a three-part series examining the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on crimes against women, we discover how various govt schemes for prevention of crimes against women…
PTI
WEF's Gender Gap Index: India Slips 28 Places, Ranks 140 Among 156 Countries
31 Mar 2021
India is the third worst performer in South Asia, having closed 62.5% of its gap and only Pakistan and Afghanistan ranked below the country in this region.