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Vishal Vasanthakumar, Yazhini PM, Vignesh Karthik KR
Elite Schools in Chennai: Patriarchy in Caste-Homogenous Spaces
31 May 2021
Chennai schoolgirls are seeking justice against harassment. For their sake, society should challenge the core of sexual abuse: the Brahmanical patriarchy that sustains it.
Smruti Koppikar
Why it Has Become Normal to Oppress Women in India
28 Jan 2021
Women who are heroic achievers are accepted and applauded; women who challenge the patriarchy-driven system are reviled and denounced.
Bias Chatterjee
Gender Budget: What the Centre Should Learn From Kerala
12 Oct 2020
The Centre is pushing women’s labour back into the realm of voluntary work, undermining their struggle to be recognised as paid workers.
Namrata Joshi
Burden of Inheritance: Mothers and Daughters in Shakuntala Devi
08 Aug 2020
The film dwells on Shakuntala Devi’s imperfect marriage and family life, mentioning her accomplishments only in passing.
Pavan Kulkarni
Massive Protests Against Gender-based Violence in Nigeria Force Government to Take Measures
15 Jun 2020
The cabinet has called on all state governments to implement Violence against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPPA), 2015, a key demand of protesters. The parliament’s upper house also pushed legislation…
Brasil de Fato
Over 3,500 Landless Women occupy Brasilia at 1st National MST Women’s Meeting
07 Mar 2020
The event will gather rural women from all over Brazil in the capital, ending in a march on International Women´s Day.
Prannv Dhawan and Bhavya Arora
Thappad: Love and Dignity go Hand-in-Hand
05 Mar 2020
The devil is patriarchy, which has been deeply ingrained in the upbringing of every character.
Vikram Singh
Dedicate This Independence Day to the Real Freedom of People of India
15 Aug 2019
Freedom does not mean just to follow the diktats of the elected government, but to hold it accountable even when it is supposedly discharging its duties diligently.
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?