Penal system far less kind towards women prisoners

Penal system far less kind towards women prisoners

We hear success stories of male prisoners who are rehabilitated and taught vocational skills, but this are rarely heard so for women. Women prisoners are an ignored in all sections, the penal system is far less kind to them than it is to men. The CHRI (Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative) found that when there is […]

Former victims of prostitution fight for others like them

Former victims of prostitution fight for others like them

Sex trafficking is a major issue in India. Almost every year, thousands of girls across the country are sold into sex slavery. Human trafficking is the third largest organized crime after drugs and the arms trade across the globe. Close to 80% of the human trafficking across the world is done for sexual exploitation and […]

10 Platforms, 1 Toilet @ Patna Junction

10 Platforms, 1 Toilet @ Patna Junction

Imagine yourself on Platform No. 10 of Patna Railway Station waiting with all your luggage and family to board your train and you feel the urge to urinate, you’ll have to go from Platform 10 to Platform Number 1. Patna Railway Station has 10 platforms but only one has a women’s toilet. And it’s an […]

Unlabelled drugs instead of a day leave

Unlabelled drugs instead of a day leave

In last few months, a shocking incident came to light women working in the multi-billion dollar garment industry in Tamil Nadu alleged that they have been given unlabelled drugs at work instead of a day off when they speak about their period pain. According to the interviews of 100 women (mostly poor )done by Thomson Reuters […]

‘Me Too’ protest against panel clearing Chief Justice

‘Me Too’  protest against panel clearing Chief Justice

NEW DELHI: While the TV networks are paying more attention to election news, the ‘Me Too’ activists have been venting their anger at the Supreme Court. Over the past week, there has been news about the progress of a case of alleged sexual harassment against the Chief Justice of India. Sexual harassment allegations against India’s […]

Nothing is more sinister than female foeticide- SC

Nothing is more sinister than female foeticide- SC

Fall in sex ratio has not only demographic impact, but also leads to trafficking of women and bride-buying. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to dilute stringent provisions of the PNDT Act under which a medical practitioner could be sent to jail for up to three years for even anomalies in paperwork and not keeping […]

रंगों का त्यौहार कही अपनी छटा तो नहीं खो रहा

रंगों का त्यौहार कही अपनी छटा तो नहीं खो रहा

होली का त्यौहार आते ही बाज़ार रंग ,गुलाल और पिचकारियों से सज चुके है। बाज़ारों में काफी चहल-पहल देखने को मिल रही है। हर वर्ग हर आयु के लोगों के लिए बाज़ारों में होली के मौके पर खरीददारी करने के लिए कुछ न कुछ तो जरूर है। होली रंगों, उमंगों और खुशियों का त्यौहार है […]

छोटी सहयोग से आया बड़ा बदलाव

छोटी सहयोग से आया बड़ा बदलाव

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस के जश्न को मानते हुये दिल्ली के निम्न आय समुदायों से महिला स्वंयसेवकों की उद्यमिता के कार्यक्रम का उद्घाटन करते हुए, सुश्री रश्मि सिंह, सचिव एनडीएमसी ने ऐसी महिलाओं की पहचान करने और उन्हें अपने व्यवसाय को बढ़ाने के लिए उन्हें प्रशिक्षित करने के साथ ही निदान की भूमिका की सराहना की। […]

International Women’s Day a gift by Clara Zetkin

International Women’s Day a gift by Clara Zetkin

International Women’s Day was started more than 100 years ago. Its idea was also of a woman, whose name was Clara Zetkin. Clara was a Marxist thinker and activist, but she was also active on the question of women’s rights. In 1910 an international conference of women was held in Copenhagen. For the first time […]

RISE.RESIST.UNITE!

RISE.RESIST.UNITE!

 Eight years before in 2012 people across the world came together to express their outrage, to strike and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end of violence against women. According to a survey 1 in 3 women across the planet are beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN […]

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