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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

Jarjum Ete could be the first woman MP from Arunachal Pradesh

Jarjum Ete is a social activist turned politician who...

How A Tribal Village’s Digital Push Empowered Its Women

Mumbai: On January 31, 2019, at a joint sitting...

Women March for Change across India

On Thursday thousands of women marched together in 150...

Exploring beyond the story of Jyoti Singh, journalist documents India’s unreported rape cases

Priyanka Dubey, an award-winning journalist, spent six years researching...

Sudha Bhardwaj and Shoma Sen extend solidarity to Women’s March from jail

Detained human rights defenders Sudha Bhardwaj and Shoma Sen...

Women in Indian prisons do not get gender-specific services, lack basic sanitation, hygiene facilities

India’s well-known civil rights organization Citizens for Justice and...

Record Women Voters’ Turnout But Few Women Contestants

New Delhi: To understand how some political parties seem...

BJP MLA Surendra Singh’s Vitreol, a Brief History of a Serial Offender

Some elected officials, conspicuously from the ruling Bharatiya Janata...

Women’s march on April 4 to vote against fear and hatred

Women activists and concerned citizens from India have announced...

How Unpaid Work Keeps India’s Women Poor and Unequal

Mumbai: When her black feature-phone buzzed with news of...

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