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Every Wave Has a Memory: Women, Waters and the Promise of November 5
When the women of the sea rise, the tides will rise with them to recognise and honour the daughters of the oceans. On November 5 this year, fisherwomen across...
SC: “Right of every woman to make reproductive choices without undue interference from the state is central to the idea of human dignity”
Rape Survivor allowed termination of pregnancy by Supreme Court; apex court expresses dismay over denial of relief by the Gujarat HC, states forcing a woman to have a child conceived as a result of rape is against the constitutional philosophy set in India
In a special hearing, SC bench hears petition on termination of pregnancy, expresses dismay over lackadaisical approach of Gujarat HC
Criticising giving a date for hearing after 12 days, Justice BV Nagarathna stated "How can the court stand it over to August 23? How many valuable days would have been lost by then!"
Has situation of women changed from historic Draupadi to Draupadi of democratic India?
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Will a “Uniform Civil Code” abolish the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males?
While several aspects of personal laws across the board for all women –Hindu, Muslim and Christian—do require gender just revisions—the current hype around the “Uniform Civil Code: has been silent on whether the privileged and partisan financial privilege of the HUF will be done away with as also the coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males
How and why Indian women are made to go hungry
Underpaid and unpaid work -- in India, on average, 66% of women's work is unpaid, compared to 12% of men’s work even as they invest 90 per cent of their income back into the families as compared to just 40 % by men, has rendered Indian women more acutely prone to hunger, malnutrition and anaemia
Demands Unyielding: Opposition and Citizens persist in seeking PM Modi’s response on Manipur violence and Assam CM’s resignation
More protests organised in solidarity with the victims of violence, opposition alliance ‘INDIA” demands accountability, justice
How sexual assault cases are mired in judicial misdemeanours
The tendency to dub complaints under sexual assault as “false” mirrors a patriarchal mind set
Nepal sets historic precedent, legalises same-sex unions
Nepal, a beacon of hope for South Asian LGBTQIA+ people, now legalises same-sex unions, it leads the Asia-Pacific in embracing this human right.
Police need sensitisation on couple’s autonomous life choices: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court Calls for Sensitization of Maharashtra Police Force towards Couples in Conflict with Family
National women’s organisation sends joint letter to the NCW condemning their inaction over sexual violence complaint
After the video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted wen viral, reports had emerged that a complaint had been sent to the NCW in June, but the complainants never received a response or an acknowledgement
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