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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

Saudi women can drive, but are their voices being heard?

Earlier this summer, Saudi Arabia lifted the decades-long ban...

Burqa comments like Boris Johnson’s are pushing Muslims to reassert their identity

Boris Johnson’s inflammatory remarks about women who wear the...

Arrests of women’s rights activists put Saudi Arabia on the wrong side of history

From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for...

Muzafarpur Shame Exposes Governments dependence on NGOs for Welfare Responsibilities

The horrifying news from a state sponsored shelter home...

Indian Women, Inordinately Burdened By HouseWork, Pay The Motherhood Penalty

Delhi/Gurgaon: Underneath two gigantic chandeliers in the conference room...

Nation-wide Shutdown Against Rape Culture Marks Women’s Month in South Africa

Marches were organized in all nine provinces in the...

An education in sexism

The culture of casual sexism in schools has long-term...

Why does the Indian society let men get away with crimes against women?

A student recounts an incident in her college and...

Pakistan: All the Prime Minister’s Women

Female members of Imran Khan’s party claim that Pakistan’s...

Dalit women struggle in Pakistan

As election results are almost declared, Pakistan is entering...

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