भेदभाव
November 1, 2016
November 3, 2016
2-6 pm
Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
speakers
ALI JAVED- PWA
ANNIE RAJA-NFIW
ARIF MOHD KHAN- POLITICIAN, SOCIAL ACTIVIST
FARIDA KHAN-PEHCHAN
GAUHAR RAZA-SCIENTIST, FILMMAKER, POET
JAVED NAQVI- JOURNALIST
KAVITA KRISHNAN- CPI( ML), AIPWA
MAIMOONA MOLLAH-AIDWA
OVAIS SULTAN KHAN-ANHAD
RAZA HAIDER-SIKSHA
S IRFAN HABIB-...
November 1, 2016
Just when you thought sexism was a thing of the past, revelations about Donald Trump bragging about groping women hit the news. Yet only 13%of female Republicans think he should stop campaigning for the presidency. While women generally favour his Democratic rival Hilary Clinton, 49% of them rate her unfavourably. Despite her life-long commitment to public service, she is...
October 31, 2016
Despite stringent laws and awareness campaigns, as many as 910 cases of rape have been reported in Kerala in the first six months of this year, giving an indication of continuing atrocities against women in the state.
A total of 7,909 cases of crimes against women were reported across the state upto July, according to state police’s crime statistics.
Of them, 2332 were cases of...
October 31, 2016
The Quranic injunction providing the option to a divorced couple to reunite has been trivialised in ulema-sanctioned common practice to the extent that it is extremely degrading and humiliating to women, defies all standards of human decency.
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Religious and social customs in almost all societies and in all walks of life were constructed by males to give them greater...
October 30, 2016
Naroda patiya case: Babu Bajrangi gets 7 day-bail, 14th time since conviction
The Vacation Bench of Justice B N Karia partly allowed Bajrangi’s bail plea by giving him seven days relief from jail against 30 days which he had sought.
Babubhai Patel alias Babu Bajrangi, Courtsey: The Indian Express
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday, October 27, three days ago, granted...
October 30, 2016
मध्य प्रदेश से दलित उत्पीड़न की सबसे चिंताजनक खबरें आ रही हैं। राज्य के सतना जिले में पुलिस के थर्ड डिग्री के कारण एक दलित की मौत हो जाने का मामला सामने आया है। मृतक के परिजन अब दोषी पुलिसकर्मियों पर कार्रवाई की मांग कर रहे हैं। दरअसल जमीनी विवाद में एक वृद्ध की हत्या कर दी गई थी। इस पर पुलिस ने रामनगर थाना क्षेत्र के हाहुर गांव निवासी मृतक वृद्ध (गणेश साकेत) के पड़ोसी और उसकी पत्नी को शक के आधार...
October 30, 2016
Iran requires women to wear hijabs in the shooting range and in public places.
Shooter Heena Sidhu has pulled out of the 9th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships scheduled to be held in December in Tehran stating that she did not like the dress code for women at the event, The Times of India reported.
"Forcing tourists or foreign guests to wear a hijab is not a...
October 30, 2016
Many assume I am Muslim as I have a Muslim surname. It says as much about them as it does about our deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset.
Image credit: Sahibzada Masooduzzafar
Every time I join a new workplace or encounter new people, I am more often than not quizzed about my name. Frequently, it is with admiration about its uniqueness, and often, the assumption is that...
October 30, 2016
Scrutiny of homophobia in football has drawn renewed attention of late. According to a recent BBC Radio 5 Live survey, 82% of fans in England, Wales and Scotland are comfortable with their club signing an openly gay player.
Rainbow laces have become a symbol of football’s struggle against anti-gay prejudice. EPA/Tal Cohen
But more concerning, the survey also found that 8% of football...
October 29, 2016
Even after 15 days of a sinister and unexplained absence of the Jawharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, police, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the home ministry have failed to provide any information on the whereabouts of the missing biotechnology student.
Najeeb, who has been missing since the night of October 15, had had an altercation with the Akhil Bharatiya...