Gender and Sexuality

The international community has been celebrating World Contraception Day...

The exclusion of Bahujan women does not serve the purpose of inclusion and empowerment

Delivering a short but powerful speech the DMK MP from Thuthukudi (Tamil Nadu) traces the history of this yet to become law and points out how it was in her state, that the Justice Party, Nidi Kachi passed a resolution on May 10, 1921 to grant voting rights for woman for the first time in India

Indian women and women's organisations have waged a long struggle over the demand for women's reservation in Parliament and state legislatures.

The biggest ‘Hindu’ organization in the world, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) also functions as an exclusive Gurukul where Hindutva cadres are known to be trained in specialised propaganda against minorities, which often turns into sectarian violence. Not without reason, the most prominent ideologue of the RSS, Guru MS Golwalkar who also was the 2nd supremo of the organization, is considered the “guru of hate”.

Examining the Hathras verdict's implications on human rights and equality amidst lingering

Those who make these claims never explain why, even today, those in power show no interest in empowered Indian women.

CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad in conversation with Author, Journalist...

Under Taliban rule, women's rights have been systematically suppressed, suffocating every aspect of their lives.

The complainant is a senior faculty member, reportedly alleged that the accused, including the two colleagues from her department, “regularly talked about stripping her and making her do rounds of the university”.