In The Breakthrough Voice

A Letter

By 1st February, 2017

Ramesh, I went to the temple in the morning. To pray for a better verdict. My mind mocked and laughed. But my heart believed. I have always been na...

In FYI

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

By Nyaaya 27th January, 2017

Like the multi-headed serpent Hydra in Greek Mythology, violence against women in India covers many aspects− sexual, social, personal, and public. ...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Enforcing the ‘Natural Order of Things’

By Richa Tyagi 25th January, 2017

When an all men cabinet takes decisions about women’s bodies especially in the world’s most powerful nation and one can no longer say it was just s...

In The Breakthrough Voice

How Do We Envision Safety For The Girl Child?

By Rajshri Sen 18th October, 2016

I don’t recall a time in my growing up years in Delhi when my sister and I were issued safety warnings, to constantly look behind our shoulde...

In In Focus

This Women’s Day is About Being Contrarian

By Breakthrough 8th March, 2016

Sometimes research findings are starkly revealing! Take this for example – if half of the country’s population is women (though fast dw...

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Gender Discrimination in India: Causes and Solutions

By Breakthrough 7th March, 2016

Returning from my office in the metro one evening, I overheard a conversation between a woman and her daughter that left me shaken about the condit...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

सम्मान के नाम पर हत्या बनाम ऑनर किलिंग

By Breakthrough 29th February, 2016

उत्तर भारत के कई राज्यों में प्रेमी जोड़ों की हत्याओं की घटनाएं लगातार बढती जा रही हैं। इसका मतलब यह नहीं है कि पहले ऑनर किलिंग नहीं होती थी। ऑनर क...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

सार्वजनिक जगहों में यौन शोषण

By Breakthrough 12th February, 2016

आज हमारा समाज उन्नति कर रहा है पर आज भी समाज में पिछडापन है तथा महिलाओं को कमजोर समझा जाता है और उनको हर कदम पर नीचा दिखाने की कोशिश की जाती हैं।दि...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Is to make laws the only work of the government?

By 16th January, 2015

I think, India’s biggest problem is neither terrorism nor Pakistan or China or any other thing. In this era the most serious problem of India is th...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Survivor Story: 23, married, divorced, and a survivor

By Breakthrough 20th November, 2014

Before you hear my story here is a little something you need to know about me. I was 21 years old and just out of college, graduating from one of t...