How Ambedkar Makes Us Richer
The Dalit feminist writer, Urmila Pawar, sums things up in her foreword by saying, “The more we see him (Dr. Ambedkar) in the round, the richer we become,” a point that can be made about no leader alive today.
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Whose History Is it Anyway?
A critical look at a report currently being considered by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education pertaining to school history books. It unpacks the misplaced bases of comparison used in the report, and also examines the implications of its recommendations to erase or simplify histories of caste and gender.
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Marital Rape: Finding the Right to Say No
It cannot be overemphasised that by not criminalising marital rape, the State effectively endorses the view that forced conjugal relations are acceptable. It also implies that women lose their bodily autonomy when they enter into a marriage.
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Worst Countries for Women (Afghanistan Doesn’t Even Make the List)
Which nations have the worst gender inequality, according to the United Nations? A list of staunch pals of the USA.
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Marx on Gender and the Family: A Summary
Even though Marx did not write a great deal on gender, and did not develop a systematic theory of gender and the family, it was, for him, an essential category for understanding the division of labor, production, and society in general.
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The ‘Love Jihad’ Bogey in Kashmir Is Another Attempt to Deny Women Freedom of Choice
This hate propaganda assumes that adult women who consent to relationships with Muslims are gullible and must be rescued by gallant men.
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Befriending Menstruation: Two Articles
#PeriodTalk: High Time We Challenge the Secrecy Around Menstruation; Befriending Menstruation: A Feminist Revolution in Rural Gujarat.
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Let’s Have Some Power with Our Pride
Every civilised country grants dignity, rights and protection to citizens regardless of identity. It is about time India does so too. For this, it is important that LGBTQIA+ leaders enter electoral politics because without political power their pride will always be challenged.
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After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike
The strike, which marks its 1-month anniversary today, continues unabated. Women’s presence in the national strike—both as activists and as victims—has caught the world’s attention. Many have spoken out against police violence and sexual abuse during the current demonstrations.
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The Fight for Women’s Liberation
The lesson of every struggle against oppression has been that relying upon an elite few to obtain powerful positions has never won fundamental change for the vast majority of people; they have only been won when ordinary people have united to challenge the elite and the divisive system.
