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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

#MeToo isn’t big in Africa. But women have launched their own versions

Nearly one and a half years ago when Alyssa...

Indian Girls Have Dreams But Face Backlash, Lack Opportunities

New Delhi: “Don’t play kabaddi anymore. It is not...

Women speak: To be a woman and to be in India

Is the situation dismal? In a survey of experts...

‘Reforms Of India’s Inheritance Laws Inadvertently Increased Female Foeticide And Deaths In Infancy’

Mumbai: Reforms over 20 years to India’s discriminatory and...

Why Unmonitored Pill-Induced Abortions Are A Big Threat To Women’s Health In India

Mumbai: Four out of five abortions in Gujarat, Bihar...

Ensure recognition of all community, individual forest rights of STs, OTFDs; single, married women

Civil rights organizations Community Forest Rights-Learning and Advocacy process...

What can a woman call her own, really?

Our society continues to fail its womenA life destroyed...

Improve Women’s Education, Health Services To Reduce India’s Anaemia Burden, World’s Highest

New Delhi: Improving women’s education could be the single...

Hunger in India is reflection of rural distress arising out of the agrarian crisis, poor livelihood options

Kavita Srivastava and Dipa Sinha, conveners, Right to Food...

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