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Brinda Karat, Sahba Husain
“Understanding Inequality Was Critical in my Becoming Political”
31 Mar 2021
"The real change in my life was trying to get into theatre for four years and getting totally political instead."
Sruti M.D.
TN Elections: A Declining Women Workforce Must be Tackled, Freebies Will Not Suffice
24 Mar 2021
A lot of the schemes reinforce the status quo of women in society. The status quo is also strengthened with a steep decline in the female labour force participation rate, pushing more and more women…
Satarupa Chakraborty
COVID-19 laid Bare the Struggles and Exploitation That Domestic Workers Face
17 Mar 2021
While domestic workers number in the tens of millions—constituting a major proportion of India’s workforce—their labor is not formally recognized, and they lack essential rights and guarantees.
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On International Women's Day, a Celebration of Unity
08 Mar 2021
Hundreds of women, students and workers assembled at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on International Women's Day to celebrate the unity of women, workers, farmers and to protest against the "anti-women, anti-…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Delhi: Women, Students and Workers Celebrate Women's Day by Protesting Against Centre’s Policies
08 Mar 2021
‘We cannot label issues as women's issues, workers' issues, farmers' issues, or students' issues any more. This government is against all of us; their policies are against all of us, against the…
Sandip Chakraborty
Kolkata: Scores of Women Protesters Beaten by Male Police in Protest for Jobs, Against Farm Laws
10 Feb 2021
Over 200 activists were arrested and the AIDWA said that the police barricaded their dharna venue and later “beat them up with lathis, kicked them in the abdomen, dragged them by the hair to the…
Newsclick Team
Farmers' Movement: Women not Just Part of a Crowd, But a Strong Pillar
08 Feb 2021
In a special interview to NewsClick, renowned women rights activist Jagmati Sangwan, the national vice-president of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) spoke about women and their role…
Newsclick Report
Who Is This Budget For? Ask Workers, Women’s, Disability Rights Groups
01 Feb 2021
“The Budget does not provide anything for the people, did nothing for addressing the severe unemployment situation, no direct relief to people under severe distress through income and food support,”…
Newsclick Team
Women Farmers' Day: Women Take Reign of Protests at Delhi Borders
18 Jan 2021
Farmers have been protesting against three farm laws at the borders of Delhi for more than 50 days.
Newsclick Report
Women’s Organisations to Protest on January 18 in Solidarity with Farmers
08 Jan 2021
The six organisations will also raise concerns around food security, unemployment, access to health facilities, cash transfers to migrants and women, deepening agrarian distress and the “anti-worker…