Gender and Sexuality

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

Four foot-soldiers arrested, but who is the real mastermind?

The four accused arrested are youngsters, so who funded these three “students” to carry on with the vile 'Bulli Bai' app project

I am A Muslim Woman

A poem expressing the outrage of Muslim women, after they were targeted using the Bulli Bai app

Three arrested in Bulli Bai case

Mumbai police arrested Mayank Rawal, and Shweta Singh from Uttarakhand and Vishal Jha from Bengaluru

Has inaction prompted another Muslim women’s auction on the internet?

The shameful act of auctioning women continues, as no strict action has been taken since the last “auction”

Two young Dalit girls attacked, where is the outrage?

Dalit woman abducted and killed, allegedly by "upper caste" men in Bihar; Dalit teen molested in UP

Girls should know when to draw the line: JNU ICC on preventing sexual harassment

The ICC said it will educate students about sexual harassment and its impact on their career

Maharashtra: Woman Sarpanch killed in Raigad

The deceased was identified as a 48-year-old sarpanch of a local gram panchayat, though her identity has been kept confidential so far

Repeated murder attempts, another example of police negligence: Bindu Ammini

Sabarimala activist blames Kerala police for failing to protect her from repeated murder attempts

Scrap the move to raise the age of marriage of girls to 21: AIDWA

According to the group of activists, this move is a diversionary tactic from a government which hasn’t given adequate resources towards nutritional programs

No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?

The Union Cabinet’s clearance to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has set social media abuzz

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