Women’s Road Safety: Feasible or Distant Dream?
Part of the reason why women do not feel safe in public spaces is because of the threat of gender-based offences and sexual threats.
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Journeying as a Feminist
It is in this sphere of bolstering women’s leadership and empowering our agency that I now work in. I am at the intersection of academia and policy. As an academic and a current student of international history, I realize that women’s voices and narratives have been absent and systematically marginalized from intellectual discourse. Fighting patriarchy that pervades academic writing and narratives is a conscious choice and commitment.
Of lockdown, domestic abuse, patriarchy, and women
This should be the time when the already marginalised sections are given priority in the management of COVID. Unfortunately, they have been neglected by the society as well as state to the extent that something as important as sanitary napkins were kept out of the list of essential services when the lockdown began.
Sex work, status of women and the Nordic Model
Legalizing sex work need not raise the dignity women. Experience of Newzealand suggests that legalizing does little to exploitation of women, unlike the Nordic model.
Poem: Not an unusual day
Not an unusual day [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] The alarm rang at five;Drowsily, she rubbed the eyes.Trying hard to leave the bed;Limping like a zombie, dead.She woke up to the blanket of darkness;Unwilling to move that day, I guess.The world around was still asleep;For her, the morning was a…
Periods don’t stop for a pandemic, nor do we
When one decides to narrow down on a collective and humanitarian purpose, you are on the rough path of working on a drive and passion more significant than yourself. The path is fraught with immense difficulties, perhaps remaining unavoidable by choice. There are very few individuals who call out a problem that has been entangled…
While waiting for justice: Nirbhaya case
This piece of work is purely an imaginative one, and no personal offense intended. I hope this article will serve its purpose of being a reminder of the dire need to suppress the rape norm of the country. Note 1: The piece, though inspired by a real incident, is based on the author’s understanding and…
Do not burden the bride’s family on marriage
In today’s world, marriage has become a sacred contract between irrational people rather than a holy agreement between 2 souls. Moreover, it has become a commercial institution. Here, in this article, I would like to express my thoughts on how the interpretation of law about marriage could benefit humanity and save the institution of marriage. …
Darkness that engulfs me – A widow’s letter to society
In a country where women are worshiped as goddesses, we never realized when all that gender bias kicked in. In India, marriage is believed to be a sacred union of two beings. The two come together, take vows to be there for each other in sickness and in health, and decide to spend the rest…
Dignity of women is not a gift of men
In this article, I will talk about the life of women. I will address the most basic question- Can women live? Here the word life cannot be taken as existence. Living means living with guts, feelings, braveness, and honor. But when we see the world in which we live, the plight of women is such…
Gender: How much more remains to be done?
My cousin is married to a constructor. She routinely has to cook for a large number of people her husband employs for his business. She has no housemaid and has to do all the household chores herself, in addition to the cooking. This obviously took a toll on her health. Her son, my nephew, noticing…
Women safety: The community needs to do more
A veterinary doctor was gang-raped and murdered by four persons (2 truck drivers and 2 cleaners) near the Outer Ring Road at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad on the night of November 27, 2019. According to the police, the accused (aged between 20 and 26) had trapped the victim by puncturing the rear tyre…
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