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‘We are considered servants, not humans’: Women of Jai Bhim Nagar reveal the violence of domestic work

As the first rays of dawn hit the broad, grey-bricked footpaths of Powai’s Hiranandani locality, Darshana begins her day. Inside the blue hues of her current “home”— the tarpaulin-covered dwelling within which she, her family, and hundreds of others rendered homeless by the BMC-led demolition of their houses, have been living for the past five months—she starts her day with work. She washes dishes, cleans the cement side-walk on which rest the mattresses her family and she sleep on, and prepares meals on wood-fired chulas using the limited utensils she was able to salvage before the kitchen in her home was destroyed by bulldozers. By the time the sun shines bright, she has readied her two children, fed them, and sent them to school.

Nearly 20,000 women prisoners in India: Centre tells RS

The available data from the year 2019 states that 22,456 CCTV cameras have been installed in various jails of the country

3,110 rape cases recorded against Dalits and ST women in 2019: Centre in RS

1,117 cases of rape of SC children were recorded, and the number stood at 396 for ST children in the year 2019 across all states and UTs

SC refuses to entertain protection plea for woman in an interfaith union

The petitioner alleged that the woman has been allegedly detained by her parents, and is being forced to marry against her will

Student group meeting disrupted at Delhi University, allegedly by right wing union

Activists Nodeep Kaur, Rajveer Kaur, and families of rape survivors from Butana, and Gurmandi, were at the public meeting, to mark Internation Women’s Day

Three Girls, submissive no more: Contemporary artists adapt Amrita Sher-Gil’s painting

Bengaluru-based artists recreate a version of the famous painting by the Indo-Hungarian maestro to reflect the spirit of Indian women in recent times, especially women protesters at the nationwide farmers' agitation

Delhi Police allegedly detain 25 women and a toddler

Farmer leaders condemned the excessive actions of the Delhi police of detaining a group of women farmers simply for showing farmer union flags and Nishan Sahib

Brinda Karat hits back at Bar Council for regressive resolution

Resolution defending CJI's allegedly gender insensitive comments, says that if the trend of public criticism of judges is allowed to continue, the Institution will lose its sanctity

Mother of dowry victim urges Muslim men to condemn dowry

Grieving over her daughter’s death, the mother is appealing to Muslim boys to openly refuse and denounce the social evil of dowry

We need to rid society of dowry’s curse: All India Muslim Personal Law Board

The AIMPL Board expressed its condolences after the death of a woman in Gujarat, suffering abuse from her in-laws.

IPS officer threatened for filing sexual harassment complaint against DGP

The officers have appealed to the Tamil Nadu IPS Officers Association to recommend suspension of officer who intercepted the complainant’s vehicle and threatened her

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