Gender and Sexuality

Shariat Campaign: Ulema’s Boon to Hindutva

Progressive Muslims reject AIMPLB’s 'Save Shariah' Campaign; Call for gender justice and real reforms

Hijab Ban: Identity politics or body policing?

CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad and social scientist, Dr. Muniza Khan, discuss the question no one has asked yet

Madras HC commends TN gov’t for new Police rules, glossary for referring to LGBTQIA+ persons

Court hails how this will ensure that media, press and the society will address such people in a more dignified and respectable manner

Opinion: A salute to Muslim sisters from Karnataka

The hijab controversy could be a deliberate attempt by the right-wing to attack how Islam is understood and practiced by its followers

No Hijab in class: Will Puducherry be able to nip the controversy in the bud?

Meanwhile, Karnataka High Court will hear a plea against the hijab ban in several junior colleges today

Afghanistan: Women, Economy and Taliban

By discrimination on the basis of gender, the Taliban are violating key principles of equality laid down in Islam

Will Bulandshahr gangrape-murder case take the Hathras route?

The recent murder, after alleged rape of a teenager and her cremation at midnight has brought back memories of the Hathras case

Hate as a State project is not a new phenomenon: Survivors 

Webinar organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust, CJP had the country’s leading journalists and activists illustrate how targeted vilification was being supported by inaction

SBI withdraws sexist guidelines in face of public ire

Following a notice from the DCW, the SBI withdrew its guideline against pregnant women

20-year-old woman assaulted, paraded on the streets of Delhi

Delhi Commission for Women has demanded action and arrests of men and women seen assaulting and parrading the woman, reportedly a rape survivor

Clubhouse case: Mumbai police arrest 3 from Haryana 

The three have been arrested in connection with an online chat, though this case is distinct from the one where some people allegedly made derogatory remarks about women from the minority community on the app

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