Category: Opinion
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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 gang-rape case (read our earlier report here). It is not the first time that her statement has raised a Twitter storm and questions about how…
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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 पहले, उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार तथाकथित “धर्मांतरण विरोधी” कानून लेकर आई थी जो युवा अंतर-धार्मिक जोड़ों के खिलाफ हमला था। ऐसे पितृसत्तात्मक कानून केवल पूरी तरह…
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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 Uttar Pradesh government brought so called “anti-conversion” law which was an attack against young inter-faith couples. Such patriarchal laws only exist in fully Islamic country…
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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 the same day but at different locations around the world. The first page of the search results contained 102 listings of the same conference scheduled…
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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 has an excellent theorization of the three stages of feminist engagement with internet. In Indian context there are no documented theorizations. This article briefly sheds…
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PM’s Modi’s Raksha Bandhan Gift Reeks of Gender Stereotypes and Lacks Rights Based Approach to Women’s Empowerment
On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan Prime Minister Modi reduced the LPG Gas cylinder prices by Rs. 200 as his “gift” to women of the country. “On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Onam, the government has decided to reduce the price of domestic cylinders by ₹200,” the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur…
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Government Making Women Dance in Front Of Guests Arriving for G20 Summit, Reducing Women To “Item Numbers”
Why is the Government of India making various groups of women dance at the airport to welcome the international guests arriving for G20 Summit and reducing them to item numbers? Dancing is not a traditional way to welcome guests in Indian culture. The whole idea is deeply sexist, and offensive to both women and Indian…
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Set Aside Political Difference and Pass Women’s Reservation Bill, Urges BRS Leader K Kavitha, BJP Leader retorts
BRS leader K Kavitha wrote letter to 47 political parties urging them to set aside political differences and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill in the upcoming special sessions of Parliament which would start on September 18. However, instead of appreciating her gesture or showing concerns for the valid issue or lack of women’s representation in…