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Women’s Political and Existential Space: Digital Inclusivity, Safety
Women News founder-Editor Dr Sanjukta Basu recently delivered an Expert Talk Series Lecture titled, Twitter is the New Coffee Hosue: Women’s Political and Existential Space and Digital Inclusivity” at the…
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Search for Women’s and Gender Studies Conference In India: Autoethnographic Notes from a Feminist Academic
A search for Gender Studies conferences led me to this webpage which listed the exact same conference, same title, same CFP, same sub-themes, happening everyday, sometimes 3-4 same conference on…
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How is National Commission of Women (NCW) Chief Selected? What are the Qualifications? Why no Transparency? Why NCW Draft Bill Pending Since 1990?
Questions are being raised about the selection of Ms Rekha Sharma as National Commission of Women Chief after her insensitive comments on women’s safety in the wake of the Jharkhand…
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Insensitive Comments by NCW Chief and Men’s Rights Activists after Jharkhand Gang-rape of Spanish Biker
The National Commission of Women Chief Rekha Sharma has asked a male foreign national on Twitter that he should not speak negative things about women’s safety to “defame India” if…
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ठीक ठीक! सभी महिलाएं मूर्ख और भोली होती हैं। तो सरकार को महिलाओं का शोषण करने वाले फर्जी बाबाओं पर भी कानून बनाना चाहिए
उत्तराखंड समान नागरिक संहिता प्रावधान, जिसके लिए युवा लिव-इन जोड़ों को खुद को पंजीकृत करने की आवश्यकता है, हमारे जीवन के सबसे व्यक्तिगत मामलों पर एक पागलपनपूर्ण हमला है। इससे…
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Ok, fine! All Women are Stupid and Gullible. Then Govt Must Also Make Laws On Fake Godmen Who Take Advantage of, Exploit Women
The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code provisions which requires young live-in couples to register themselves is an insane mindless attack at the most personal matters of our lives. Before this, the…
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Uttarakhand Women’s Group Rejects Draft UCC Bill
The Uttarakhand women’s groups and representatives reacted sharply to the Uttarakhand Draft Bill on Uniform Civil Code and rejected it in toto. A Bill criminalizing constitutional behaviour, and introducing moral…
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UP, Acid Attack: Man Throws Acid at Wife During Fight
A man Anuj Sharma threw acid at his wife Parul Sharma during a fight. The two got married in 2023 but she soon left him due to some dispute. Recently,…
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Feminist Engagement With Internet In Indian Context, Cyberfeminism in India
Women’s engagement with the internet or digital public infrastructure and cyber technologies for feminist causes and movement building is briefly called cyberfeminism. In the Western context, feminist scholar Jodi Dean…
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Nonprofit CEQUIN Kicks Off 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
November 25, 2023. Delhi based non profit organization CEQUIN which stands for Centre for Equity & Inclusion (CEQUIN) kicks off the international campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender…
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