‘Gender bias’ could affect future healthcare policies
A shocking gender bias in the treatment of heart diseases, the leading cause of deaths across India, has been exposed by a new pan-India study […]
Gender
What good are gender diversity policies if companies break the law?
History and literature are full of tales about struggles against injustice, victory against seemingly insurmountable odds, sacrifice, the fight for freedom and of misfits who […]
Teen Girls Create Apps To Tackle Gender Violence, Clean Water Access In India Slum
Teen girls in one of the largest slums in India are developing apps to tackle problems in their community. The Dharavi Diary project, started by […]
Overcome Challenges To Realise Economic Ties Potential
India needs to overcome “tremendous challenges” like religious, gender and caste-based discrimination along with hurdles in the energy and health sectors to realise the full […]
If Pakistan and 21 other countries have abolished triple talaq, why can’t India?
The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board has been mulishly opposed to abolishing triple talaq, which is a procedure a Muslim adopts to divorce his wife […]
Muslim Women’s Rights and Media Coverage
Despite the large number of positive court judgments in favour of Muslim women in India, the media prefers to endorse the view that once the […]
British Council selects PU Chd, for conducting ‘Study India Programmes’
Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh has been selected by the British Council for conducting two ‘Study India Programmes’ for UK citizens this year. Two groups of […]
Transgenders fight against state and stigma, demand equal rights
Even as the world observes International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on Tuesday, thousands of transgenders will encounter, as they do almost daily, harassment and […]
India’s ‘surfing swami’ preaches the virtues of the perfect wave
The shore is empty. The sharp morning sun cuts the water into diamonds. For the guru and his pupil, the surf beckons. “There are more […]
Four in five women experience harassment and violence in their cities
Nearly four of five women (79%) in India have experienced some form of harassment or violence in public, according to latest research by ActionAid UKreleased […]