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Peoples Dispatch
Women’s Liberation and the Communist Movement in Nepal
03 Jun 2019
In an exclusive interview to Peoples Dispatch, Radha Gyawali, a central committee member of the Nepal Communist Party talks about the women’s liberation movement in Nepal.
Amrita Datta
Modi’s Second Term: Patriarchal Media and Hindutva Assertion
29 May 2019
Why is it that in spite of being so overtly patriarchal, Modi came back to power? Is it because India is inherently patriarchal?
IANS
Elections 2019: Less Than 5% Women Candidates in the Fray in Haryana
09 May 2019
Females constitute 46% of the total electorate in the patriarchal state but only nine have been elected to Parliament so far.
Sumedha Pal
Women in Kerala Write History Twice in Last 24 Hours
02 Jan 2019
The wall saw participation from women of different age, religions, and included trans women, athletes, homemakers and differently abled women.
Newsclick Report
Gender Justice: Over 3 million Women Form a ‘Women’s Wall’ Across Kerala
01 Jan 2019
The call for the mobilisation was given by 176 progressive organisations and was successfully aided by the LDF government in the state.
Marcha Noticias
Lucía Pérez’s Murder Was a Femicide and This is a War
06 Dec 2018
Today, women, transgender, travestis, gender dissidents across Argentina are holding a strike in response to the acquittal of the three men who were accused of raping, torturing and killing 16 year…
Deepa E
‘96’: Another Celebration of Arranged Marriage in the Name of Love!
13 Oct 2018
The popular Tamil movie portrays platonic love as divine and upholds the age-old notion of caste-based patriarchal marriage while looking down upon ‘worldly’ love and its realisation.
Sreelakshmi
Women Respond to Madras HC Judgement: Father’s Name not Required in Birth Certificates
18 Jul 2018
What is common in all these cases is the underlying presumption that a man is superior to a woman. Consequently, a father’s identity is considered central to the child’s identity.
Neha Dabhade
BHU- A den of patriarchy?
05 Oct 2017
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, said Nelson Mandela. If education is a weapon to change the world then universities where education is imparted should…
Sonali
Maneka Gandhi Draws a New Lakshmanrekha
07 Mar 2017
Maneka Gandhi said that a 16-17 year old girl is ‘hormonally challenged’. Hence, a lakshmanrekha is drawn to control the ‘hormonal outburst.