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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

Men who are afraid of women’s feminist self assertion

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Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism

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5 Laws That Women Need As Urgently As Ban On Triple Talaq

In its urgency to push through the Triple Talaq...

The challenges of being a woman leader

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Why are women accused of witchcraft? Study in rural China gives clue

From medieval witch hunts in Europe to contemporary “witch...

Saudi Arabia: How women migrant workers defy ‘social control’ with everyday resistance

Women migrant workers face extreme forms of social control...

How the controversial triple talaq Bill passed by Lok Sabha can be salvaged

Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising, who had appeared for...

Is Modi-led BJP Govt. Now the Champion of Women’s Emancipation?

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