Religion, Gender and Equality
Women and their struggle for equality are inherently tied to the struggle for democracy in India.
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The Reason Behind BJP Raising Women’s Reservation Issue
The BJP raising the women’s reservation issue, in the last eight months of a nine and a half year tenure of the Modi government, appears to be wanting to take the heat off serious concerns that have tarred the record of this government around the safety and well-being of women.
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What Does a Dupatta Mean for a Young Woman?
Patriarchy starts from homes, not the streets. Families, especially mothers, impose salwar-kameez and dupatta on young girls and women, as soon as they turn 12 or 13. But they never have a conversation with their sons about respecting women or even their own sisters.
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion Nationally in Landmark Ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the sections of the Federal Penal Code that criminalize women, pregnant persons, and healthcare professionals for abortion are unconstitutional, thereby decriminalising abortion at the national level.
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Uniform Civil Code: Clash of Moral Universalism and Cultural Pluralism
The hasty push for a uniform civil code during an election year seems more coercive than genuinely well-intentioned for necessary reform.
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I’m Not a Battlefield
Outraged by the appalling violence against two women in Manipur, Gujarati poet Mahashweta Jani has written a powerful poem.
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Muslim Women’s Quest for Gender-Just Laws
Muslim women are in favour of gender-just laws, but Muslim women’s groups recognise that the women have to contest both the Muslim Personal Law and the politics around the demonisation of everything that is Muslim.
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A Heavenly Advice from Gita Press: ‘It’s Better for Woman (Rape Victim) to Keep Mum’
Gita Press, Gorakhpur, has been awarded the 2022 Gandhi Peace Prize. Award to the Gita Press has shocked all those who cherish Gandhian values, humanism and civilized norms.
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Maternity Entitlements in Freefall
Progress towards universal maternity benefits, sluggish as it was in the first place, has gone into reverse gear in the last few years.
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Acknowledging the Powers of Women in Myths, Tales and Real Life
Wendy Doniger’s ‘Women, Androgynes and Other Mythical Beasts’ explores gender and sexual identities in Hindu, Buddhist, and Tantric mythologies. In this conversation with Githa Hariharan, Wendy Doniger talks about the book and more.
