Posted 6 years ago
Indian Women Breaking Ground in Journalism Through The Years
Journalism, like many others, has always been a male-dominated field. Unequal access to education and employment meant that men had already solidified their position long before women arrived at the…
Posted 6 years ago
How Nurses And Midwives Make Abortions Safer In India
India, the second most populated country globally with a 1,300,000,000 population and 18.2 births/1000 population, has been a country where abortion has been legal under certain conditions for almost the…
Posted 6 years ago
The Politics of Pockets: Yes, There’s Politics Here As Well
All of you might have experienced this at least once where you complimented a girl’s dress and they jumped up in excitement to tell you that it has pockets. Why…
Posted 6 years ago
History Of The Purdah System: Unveiling its Multidimensional Roots
The idea of secular India has come under scrutiny from numerous ends. Despite secularism finding its way into the Constitution’s pages in 1975, the experiences of those residing in India…
Posted 6 years ago
When Women Lead: Looking Back At The Chipko Movement
In the 1960s, India was losing around 1.3 million hectares of forest every year. Many people's livelihoods depended on the forests and that was threatened by the rate at which…
Posted 6 years ago
Women & Hysteria: A Conspiracy By Science, Society And Philosophers
“Hey you, don’t raise your voice! Hey, stop screaming like a madwoman! Don’t laugh out loud, it doesn’t seem nice! What?! You are a woman and you don’t want children?!” …