India’s Intimate Partner Violence Demands An All-In Response
India is behind in handling intimate partner violence. Getting on top of the problem requires reform in law, health policy...
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A Long Road Ahead For True Gender Equality
Economic empowerment, targeted legislation and cultural shifts are required to create gender-just societies and restore women’s dignity. It’s been nearly...
Misogyny Has Cavernous Roots In India: Yet Another Incident Is Proof
Another day. Another incident. This time, it is a self-styled motivational speaker and social media influencer Vivek Bindra. He has...
Here’s How We Can Tackle Gender Violence
Gender-based violence remains widespread. The good news is, it’s preventable — and major advances in law, tech, and other sectors...
Justice A Distant Dream For Survivors Of Acid Attacks
Rima, 38, (name changed) has suffered repeated episodes of domestic violence after marriage, owing to her inability to pay dowry....
Domestic Violence: Can Tech Help Tackle It?
The murder of a young woman named Lilie James in the toilet block of a Sydney school by her former...
How COVID Enabled New Forms Of Economic Abuse Of Women
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic...
Qatar World Cup Is Beaming Misogyny Around The World
(Source: PTI) One of the fundamental questions relating to the 2022 World Cup being hosted by Qatar is what message...
Saying An Emphatic No To Domestic Violence
The Shraddha murder case has sent shockwaves through the nation. Its brutality can be termed as novel or expected, both...
‘Suffer’: Kerala Women’s Panel Chief’s Remark Sparks Row
Kerala Women's Commission Chairperson M.C. Josephine is in the eye of a storm once again over her alleged insensitive remarks...
COVID-19 Pandemic: UN Warns Of Global Mental Health Crisis
A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into...
The Not-So-Merry Wives, Sisters And Mothers Of Southall
Having lived in the UK for 18 months, and having gone to the 'Indian' part of town once too often,...
House Of Horrors: What Ails The Great Indian Family
In 2015, the Sheena Bora murder case made headlines for the grotesque manner in which the crime was committed. Reams...
