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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
Human Trafficking Bill overlooks agency of women it hopes to save
Also, by giving the NIA the authority to investigate the offences, the government is once again stepping on the Constitution’s essential federal structure and centralising a law-and-order issue that is essentially a state subject.
Beyond Pride Month: Where is the commitment to Equal Rights?
LGBTQIA+ community in India suffers even more in wake of Covid-19, and doesn’t have any real support system to protect the vulnerable
Indian women, transgender and non-binary persons in science: A 21st Century calendar by TLoS
The Life of Science celebrates an inclusive group of individuals who contributed to science in different ways
Madras HC issues guidelines for sensitisation of stakeholders in LGBTQIA+ matters
The landmark judgement gave some detailed directions to police, judiciary, legal aid services and central ministries to sensitise employees and personnel in dealing with members of LGBTQIA+ community
Tribal woman killed in Dantewada: Family alleges rape and murder
DRG personnel claim she was a Maoist with a Rs. 2 lakh bounty, and was killed in exchange of fire, while her mother alleges she was forcibly picked up from the house
Bihar: FIR filed against DSP for minor’s rape after four years
Gaya Police said it has acted upon the instructions of the CID
Cleric arrested for allegedly raping minor girl in Delhi mosque, trolls fuel communal fire
Right wing’s dedicated online troll army have begun drawing parallels with Kathua rape case, though the accused was arrested the very next day
Bombay HC issues notice in State’s appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal
The court has called for the records of his case from the trial court, observing that there was a prima facie case to grant leave for the appeal
Allahabad HC grants bail to man charged under anti-conversion law
The court observed that the girl was a major and was in a relationship with the accused and accompanied him to the hotel room on her own will
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