Kang* was 20 years old when she left her official job as a potato researcher in North Korea. She wanted…
The case involving Trinamool Congress' Mahua Moitra and her expulsion from the Lok Sabha has given me pause to ponder…
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic…
Gender-based violence remains widespread. The good news is, it’s preventable — and major advances in law, tech, and other sectors…
Rima, 38, (name changed) has suffered repeated episodes of domestic violence after marriage, owing to her inability to pay dowry.…
The murder of a young woman named Lilie James in the toilet block of a Sydney school by her former…
The state of West Bengal often hits national headlines, mainly for controversial reasons. However, there is one area in which…
The UN has tried tackling conflict-related sexual violence for more than two decades, but its “add-women-and-stir” approach doesn’t go far…
The Supreme Court of India is poised to deliver a landmark judgement that may make it a crime for a…
Women in urban India want to work but are not in the labour force in significant numbers, found a 2019…
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic…
Breaking new ground along with gender barriers, India has seen many pioneering women biologists who stepped out to explore and…
Gendered disinformation weaponises fake news and manipulated photos against the vulnerable. What can be done to stop it? The world…
Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At least this is the standard narrative written by and about men to the…
Another day, another misogynist comment. Yes, it appears as if the season of misogyny is fully underway in India. Indian…
Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention. Iranians peacefully protested in…
In 1917, soon after winning reelection on the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war,” President Woodrow Wilson called…
An inverter bulb, capable of providing light for up to three to four hours during a power outage, stands out…
On Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insisted that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar must hand in his resignation over…
Nearly 493,000 women and girls have already been displaced from their homes in Gaza, following the ongoing conflict there. This…
Economic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasizing the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof,…
Young women are bombarded with Instagram images that can define beauty and how they see themselves. While empowering for some,…
“Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according…
It is becoming increasingly evident that life in modern politics is presenting women with a stark choice – endure almost…
Almost like in an advertisement for a sanitary napkin company, Chandramani Devi of Bihar’s Sitamarhi district said she felt ‘liberated’…
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