Gender and Sexuality

The survivor has alleged that the motorcycle borne men had carried out the offence at gunpoint, recorded a video of her after the rape and saved her number to blackmail her 

Existing data examining the status of women and marginalised castes in the economy points to a disturbing reality, which contradicts, deeply, the notion of India as a rising, globally charged economy.

Protesting BHU students reveal another case of molestation by bike-borne men days prior to this incident, Station House Officer (SHO) of Lanka police station Ashwini Pandey sent back to the lines for “dereliction of duty” even as Congress state president, Ajay Rai alleges involvement of ABVP members in the November 1 molestation of a woman student

Hundreds of students sit on protests inside campus, raise demand for justice and safer campus for women

In a unique nomination exercise, the Hindus for Human Rights (HHR) a US-based advocacy group has announced a Navaratri Women Human Rights Defenders Campaign that extends solidarity to women from South Asia

The PUCL has expressed disappointment at the consensus in five SC judges that the right to marry does not constitute a fundamental right and states that this is a departure from international law

The bench also issued a slew of specific directions for better implementation of POSH Act

By a ratio of 3:2, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court held that the state cannot be obligated to grant legal status to civil unions; unanimously declined to allow recognition to same-sex marriages

Months of June and July 2023 resounded with arguments for and against same sex marriage unions with an interesting alliance of conservatives across the religious and ideological spectrum opposing the moves, some with the most regressive arguments, advanced by the union of India

Reports of two minors have been raped have emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain and Mumbai’s Jogeshwari.