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Report card: BJP and crimes against women
The BJP’s track record on women issues has not been great in the past, especially on cases of violence against women. As Prajwal Revanna, MP from Karnataka in alliance with the BJP, seems to evade justice, Sabrang India takes a look at BJP’s past record with crimes against women.
Menstrual health of women in shambles: Surveys highlight need for inclusive and accessible healthcare services
Survey of women from the Northeast reveal 98% of women suffer from issues related to their menstrual, sexual, and reproductive health; survey of women in Srinagar revealed 60% of women still relied on cloth for their menstrual health care
Women Protesters Join Mazdoor-Kisan Sangharsh Rally in Big Numbers
Women from farming households, the public sector and anganwadis demand a better life from the government.
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
Author Sara Aboobacker, who championed cause of Muslim women, passes away
Born in Kasargod in Kerala on June 30, 1936, Sara Aboobacker has written at length on the dilemma in the lives of Muslim women of the Beary community, living in the coastal districts bordering Karnataka and Kerala
Staggering 35 % vacancies, only 10 % women directors in public sector bank management boards
In recent years, whenever Parliament sessions are held, the...
Mata Gurdev Kaur Martyrdom 6th Anniversary Observed In Sangrur
On January 8th the 6th martyrdom anniversary of Late...
AIDWA Calls for Fight Against Increasing Gender-Based Violence
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Karnataka: Woman beaten, dragged out of temple, shows CCTV
While some publications have claimed she was a Dalit, the Police have denied the same
M’tra Govt’s move to set up “Commission” on inter-caste, interfaith marriages strongly opposed by women’s groups, Opposition
The memoranda issued by various organisations working in the field of women’s rights have termed this decision to be an invasion of privacy
Every 11 minutes a woman is killed by partner/family member: UN
The UN chief also said that violence against women is the most pervasive human rights violation and called on governments to push national plans to tackle this scourge
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