It’s All Work and No Pay for Most Women in India
The NSSO’s time use survey reveals striking facts about how men and women in India spend their time very differently, with women hugely burdened by unpaid work.
NCRB Report for 2019: 88 Rapes and 126 Cases of Crime Against Dalits a Day
More than 32,000 incidents of rape took place in 2019; also, a total of 45,935 cases of crime or atrocities against Dalits and a total of 8,257 cases of crime against tribal people were recorded.
Open Letter to the Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh
Hard hitting letter by a group of former police officers and civil servants to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, regarding the handling of the Hathras rape case by the UP administration.
Hathras Rape – Three Poems
In a land where / Dalits cannot rule, they cannot rage, or even mourn. / This has happened before, this will happen again.
From Khairlanji to Hathras, Rape Story Repeats Itself for Dalit Women
India cannot ignore the context of caste and see Hathras, Balrampur, Khairlanji or thousands of other assaults merely as sexual crimes.
When Men Legally Controlled Women
100 years after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, when women got the right to vote in all 50 states, the gains made by women in the USA are under siege. Let us continue the fight, we have so much more to achieve, says Jill.
Period Leave is Just; Menstruation is Reproductive Labour – Two Articles
If we learn to see menstruation as reproductive labour, we can then can see menstruating women as labourers with rights, including the right to choice of work.
Covid-19 has Disrupted India’s Routine Health Services; and Led to Shutdown of Anganwadis – Two Articles
Curtailment of health services has caused a fall in immunisations, maternal health interventions and treatments of conditions such as kidney failure and cancer; while shutdown of anganwadis is adversely affecting malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
Claim Your Anti-Caste Intersectional Feminism: A Dalit Woman’s Reflections on Feminism
The author discusses her commitment towards gender justice and equality as an anti-caste activist and researcher operating in upper caste, white and colonial spaces.
Decoding the Agenda of the New National Education Policy
It reveals that neoliberal capital is riding piggyback on the Hindu Rashtra forces in order to loot India’s human resources.