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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.
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While some publications have claimed she was a Dalit, the Police have denied the same
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Every 11 minutes a woman is killed by partner/family member: UN
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‘Married woman told to do household work will not be seen as maid servant’: Bombay HC
While quashing a FIR filed against husband and family, the Bombay HC remarked that household work done for the family does not make the wife a maid
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In a recent judgement, stringent bail conditions under the draconian law for such accused were relaxed
Lakhimpur Kheri: Bodies of two sisters found hanging from a tree
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Protesters demand immediate withdrawal of remission of 11 convicts by Gujarat government who were sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-rape during the 2002 communal violence.
Kerala HC demands report on incident where female examinees were forced to remove undergarments
Girl students appearing for NEET at a test centre in Kannur reported that they were only allowed to write the exam if they took off their bras
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Adivasi women come together at a protest organised by AIUFWP to demand the human rights defender's immediate release
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