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Why Does Every Body On Instagram Have Abs And A Size Zero Figure?

By Jhilam Gangopadhyay 17th December, 2019

Yes, fitness. The age-old defence for body-shaming.

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Consent Culture: What Does It Mean?

By Mohd. Ikram 12th December, 2019

We create ‘consent culture’ when we value the feelings of people we are interacting with either casually or professionally. It’s about respecting e...

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16 Women Led Movements You Should Know About

By Breakthrough Team 10th December, 2019

For this year’s #16DaysOfActivism starting 25 November, which is marked as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women to...

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The Declining Child Sex Ratio: And A Connection To The Workforce

By Adv. Sanya Talwar 27th August, 2019

After reading an article online a couple of days ago, titled ‘In Last Three Months, Not a Single Girl Child Was Born in 132 Villages of Uttar...

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Much-Needed Prevention Of Sexual Harassment In Places Of Worship

By Adv. Sanya Talwar 16th August, 2019

On July 22nD, the Supreme Court dismissed a PIL filed by Mr Maneesh Pathak, a Delhi based Supreme Court lawyer who sought to extend the Vishakha Gu...

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Body Hair Shaming: No, I’m Most Certainly NOT Overreacting

By Prakshi Saha 7th August, 2019

Jokes are the most common means of expressing one’s deep-seated biases. I feel it is extremely important to question the conditioning from where a ...

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All You Need To Know About The PCPNDT Act

By Ananya Dixit 24th July, 2019

The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 was adopted by the Parliament of India in 1994 to address the problem of ...

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Due To Gendered Language, Sexism Resides At The Tip Of Our Tongues

By Anuradha Thiagarajan 3rd July, 2019

Gender neutral words should be used wherever possible. Instead of saying policeman, we could say police officer, a chairperson instead of chairman,...

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The State Of India’s Children

By Mohd. Ikram 28th June, 2019

The Global Childhood report, released on May 28, 2019 by Save the Children, ranked India 113 out of 176 countries. The index evaluates countries on...

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Here Are 8 Health Conditions That Don’t Get Discussed Enough

By Dr Michelle Frank 19th June, 2019

In most cases, fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion.