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Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books
An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct
Lavanya Ballal Jain, Congress spokesperson, subjected to online sexual harassment; incident motivated by BJP spokesperson
Shehzad Poonawala used a sexual innuendo against Lavanya on social media, posted a video, and encouraged his followers to share the same with a contentious hashtag
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar: Outrage erupts as policemen commit heinous crimes against Dalits
Two harrowing stories of brutality emerge from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as a 25-year-old Dalit woman is found dead in Agra, allegedly murdered by a police constable. Similarly, in Bihar's Sitamarhi, public outrage rises as a police inspector is under investigation for assaulting a Dalit woman at a marketplace.
IIT-BHU gangrape: 3 accused arrested, at least 2 associated with BJP IT cell of Varanasi
Previous posts of accused with PM Modi, Minister Smriti Irani and BJP president JP Nadda go viral, opposition slams BJP for protecting rapists, mainstream media maintains mum
Free bus travel for women means mobility, safety in spaces, certainly not a ‘freebie’
Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and recently, Telangana –all opposition ruled states -- have made it free for the women to travel in buses operated as part of Public Transport.
Bajrang Punia returns Padma Shri, in open letter to PM Modi states “My fellow women wrestlers gave up sports for safety, that’s why I...
Both Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat recall assurances received from Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Phogat mentions meeting Shah in 2022 and informing him about Brij Bhushan's activities
Wrestler Sakshi Malik quits wrestling as close aid of sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan gets elected as president
Sakshi says “We had fought with complete strength but this fight will continue. The wrestlers of the new generation have to fight”, wrestler Vinesh Phogat says that the culture of violation will continue
9-year-old Dalit girl raped and murdered in Ghaziabad by 52-year-old landlord
The nine-year-old girl was allegedly killed and raped at the hands of her landlord in Ghaziabad. The accused is now in custody as authorities continue the investigation and try to locate her body.
Policy on paid menstrual leave not on the horizons of the union government?
Union Minister Smriti Irani states in parliament that menstruation should not be treated as a handicap, sidesteps answer to Dr. Shashi Tharoor’s question on provisions for mandatory paid menstrual leaves
Where thou representation: 3 women justices in the Supreme Court, 8.86% of the current strength
Questions of caste representation raised- out of 650 judges appointed across various High Courts over the past six years, 75.7% from the General Category, 3.54% SC, 1.54% ST, 11.7% OBC
MAT relaxes age criteria, makes provision for grace marks for transgender community in public employment, refuses to direct state to grant reservation
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Through its judgment, the Tribunal emphasises on State’s obligation under Transgender Act 2019 to ensure inclusion of the transgender community in mainstream society, formulate welfare schemes, provide opportunity in public employment to the community
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