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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
No dignity even in death for Dalits
The law is clearly on the side of the family of the Hathras gangrape victim, having provisions for action against any section, that denies survivors dignity in death, protecting the rights of the deceased
Acquittal of Babri accused, gang rape of UP Dalit woman are interlinked; have roots in the history
September 30, 2020 will be marked as another dark day in our history
Hathras rape a case of Caste Supremacist Atrocity: AIPWA
Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath sets up SIT, after PM’s order, 15 days after Dalit girl was raped, tortured.
Hathras Dalit girl rape: Why are Smriti Irani, PM Modi, UP CM Adityanath quiet?
UP Police stopped grieving family from taking their 19-yr-old home one last time citing ‘customs, traditions’, cremated her instead
Dalit girl gangraped by ‘upper-caste’ men dies: Will UP CM finally react?
The 19-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped and tortured by four men in Hathras
Why are SHG women struggling with NPAs?
Sabrang India looks into why NPAs present themselves as such big challenges to SHG women.
India Unsafe: The escalating heinous crimes against women
Is this a sign of lawlessness and anarchy?
Time magazine calls Shaheen Bagh daadi global icon!
Meanwhile, Delhi riots chargesheet alleges that women protesters paid ‘daily wages’, used as for ‘gender cover’
Femicide: UP Man Rips Open Pregnant Wife’s Stomach To Find Out Baby’s Gender
At the horrific incident, the woman's family alleged that the man wanted a son and committed the crime to know if it was male or female foetus.
Public order a state subject: Smriti Irani on gov’t measures against gendered crimes
While presenting dismal numbers of rising crimes against women, the Minister of Women and Child Development displays shocking callousness.
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