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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

Abused in Saudi, scores of female domestic workers return to Bangladesh

22 Bangladeshi female migrant workers have died due to...

Rise in Reported Rape Cases in 2018, Police Data Reveals

There is a pressing need to introduce proper, systematic...

Wide Gender Pay Gap For Similarly Qualified Indian Women And Men

Mumbai: Women in India earn less than men even...

A step closer to justice for rape victims: landmark ruling of Bangladesh HC

Proper implementation of the High Court’s 18 guidelines could...

Where is Rebati Phukan asks the SC ?

Issues Notice to the Centre, Assam and Meghalaya  Govts...

From #metoo to a global convention on sexual harassment at work

We need a binding global convention on violence and...

NWMI demands and end to the Online Abuse and Intimidation of Masrat Zahra

The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) has...

Bangladesh: Oppressed and tortured abroad, women workers find no respite at home

Laboni (pseudonym), one of those workers who faced inhuman...

UN experts urge India to protect journalist Rana Ayyub against hate campaign

Several United Nations human rights experts have called on...

Why are Bangladeshi women returning from Saudi Arabia?

The poverty stricken women, mostly from rural areas in...

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