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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination

In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals

Rural Women Are Increasingly Accessing Government Hospitals

There was a 24% rise in rural women accessing...

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Will the Guilty of the Mewat Rape(s) be Punished?

The gangrape and after, the battle for justice has been...

Lesbians at the Heart of the Movement to End Men’s Violence

Feminist lesbians have been passionate activists from the beginning...

Hindu outfits protest over relaxing dress code for women

Various Hindu organisations today protested in front of the...

‘Sabhi Pinjron ko Todenge, Itihas ki Dhara Modenge!’

Statement issued at a 'Pinjra Tod' Winter Afternoon In...

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Kurdish women in one of the strongest and most...

Eighty years on, RSS women’s wing has not moved beyond seeing the woman as mother

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Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure

Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters