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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

Male troops not ‘mentally schooled’ to accept orders from women: Center

Government cites physiological differences and peril of being taken as prisoners of war to refuse command posts to women officers

Did UP Police lathi-charge women anti-CAA protesters in Azamgarh?

Women were holding Shaheen Bagh style sit-in protest, when male police officers allegedly rained lathis on them

Chinmayanand granted bail, did judge shame survivor?

Allahabad HC order says it was a “complete matter of quid pro quo”, raises questions over survivor’s silence.

Muslim Board has little to offer Muslim women demanding right to pray in mosques

 Press ReleaseWhile welcoming the submission of the All India...

Women are on the frontlines, won’t be silent: Activists to Modi

Prominent feminists write open letter to the Prime Minister demanding that he rein in his party men who have repeatedly made derogatory remarks and threats against women protesters

Imminent threat to lives of Shaheen Bagh protesters?

Hindutva supremacist groups openly declare hostile intentions, label protesting women ‘jehadis’

Thank God men only heckled, did nothing else: Dilip Ghosh on woman CAA protestor

The woman was holding an anti-CAA protest at a pro-CAA rally that Dilip Ghosh was leading

AIMPLB objects to SC interference in religious matters

Entry of women into mosques is now being discussed in court among other rights of women in Islam

Cabinet clears reforms related to abortion, reproductive rights

New measures extend deadline for abortions to 24 weeks, include unmarried women

Egypt court backs niqab ban on Cairo University staff

 The ban on the niqab has often sparked fierce...

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