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Taroa Zuñiga Silva
Sex Workers and COVID-19: Resisting the Pandemic and Criminalisation
27 Jul 2021
In Latin America, many countries do not have legislation criminalising sex work. The lack of a legal framework in this regard lends itself to all kinds of abuses.
Sumedha Pal
Dowry Deaths: SC Removes Much Exploited Legal Loophole Sec 304B of IPC
29 May 2021
The Supreme Court extends the scope of Section 304 B by stating that the terms of harassment “soon before” the death of the victim does not mean immediately prior.
Smruti Koppikar
Covid-19: Indian Women Urgently Need Gendered Response and Recovery Plan
12 Apr 2021
As with vaccine management, so with women hit by the pandemic—a year after the government knew what lay ahead, it has spectacularly failed to evolve a response.
Smruti Koppikar
No, Sexism is Not Par for the Course During Election Campaigns
29 Mar 2021
With their blatantly sexist remarks, the Prime Minister, his BJP, and a number of other politicians and outfits are vitiating the public sphere.
RUCHIRA GUPTA, BABURAO BAGUL
Woman of the Street
04 Jul 2020
The term ‘sex-worker’ cannot erase the trauma of body-invasion.
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AIIMS’ Doctor’s Body Writes to Health Ministry After Caste and Gender Harassment Victim Attempts Suicide
20 Apr 2020
‘Despite multiple letters, there has been no adequate action taken to address this issue of grave concern,’ the letter said.
Yogesh Maitreya
‘Mother’ Resurrects Lost Humanity in Nagraj Manjule’s Poems
28 Feb 2020
Breaking the tradition of romance and grief in love poetry, Manjule forges a bond in words that teaches assertion and growth.
Saba Dewan
Sadabahar, the Tawaif
17 Nov 2019
In Tawaifnama, through the stories and self-histories of a family of well-known tawaifs with roots in Banaras and Bhabua, Saba Dewan explores the nuances that conventional narratives have erased,…
Abhik Bhattacharya
Have Homonationalism and Pinkwashing come to India?
28 Oct 2019
Hindu elite-caste queers don’t have to save Muslim queers.
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LGBTQ Pride Walk in Chennai: Happiness Follows Acceptance
02 Jul 2019
The LGBTQ pride march was held in Chennai on June 30. It was organised under the banner of Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition – a collective of LGBTQ individuals, activists and supporting organisations,…