लिंग
November 1, 2016
My parents were ecstatic when I was born… or so I’m told. By virtue of being the first child, I was special — but there was no celebration of my arrival. They were happy, but nobody was in full Punjabi celebration mode. There was no party, no drinks (well, maybe a few uncles had a peg or two), and no ladoo!
[All photos by Sundeep Hans]
Here I was, this bundle of joy...
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
Soni Sori, a human rights defender and an Adivasi school teacher from Chhattisgarh, was in Mumbai recently to talk at an event organised to commemorate Justice (retired) Suresh Hosbet's 25 years of contribution to the human rights struggle in India post his retirement. This event was orgainsed by Majlis, a women's rights organisation in collaboration with Human Rights Law Network (HRLN),...
October 31, 2016
दिल्ली में बलात्कार की बढ़ती घटनाओं के बीच दिल्ली महिला आयोग का बलात्कार संकट प्रकोष्ठ बंद होने की कगार पर आ गया है। दिल्ली महिला आयोग ने कहा है कि महिला निकाय को अपने मोबाइल हेल्पलाइन और बलात्कार संकट प्रकोष्ठ को बंद करने पर विचार करने के लिए बाध्य होना पड़ रहा है क्योंकि कर्मचारियों को वेतन नहीं दिया जा रहा है।
Image: Indian Express
आयोग का आरोप है कि उपराज्यपाल द्वारा नियुक्त् आयोग की...
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
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 29, 2016
विधि आयोग सरकार के फरवरी, 2014 के दिशा-निर्देशों का पालन करने में बुरी तरह नाकाम रहा है। वह जेंडर जस्टिस (लैंगिक न्याय) के मुद्दे पर भ्रम पैदा करता हुआ दिख रहा है। मौजूदा सांप्रदायिक उत्तेजना के दौर में सुप्रीम कोर्ट में लंबित इस मामले पर भ्रम की स्थिति पैदा की जा रही है।
मुंबई स्थित फोरम अगेंस्ट ऑप्रेशन ऑफ विमेन (एफएओडब्ल्यू) ने एक हस्ताक्षर अभियान शुरू किया है। फोरम ने विधि आयोग (लॉ कमीशन)...
October 29, 2016
विधि आयोग सरकार के फरवरी, 2014 के दिशा-निर्देशों का पालन करने में बुरी तरह नाकाम रहा है। वह जेंडर जस्टिस (लैंगिक न्याय) के मुद्दे पर भ्रम पैदा करता हुआ दिख रहा है। मौजूदा सांप्रदायिक उत्तेजना के दौर में सुप्रीम कोर्ट में लंबित इस मामले पर भ्रम की स्थिति पैदा की जा रही है।
मुंबई स्थित फोरम अगेंस्ट ऑप्रेशन ऑफ विमेन (एफएओडब्ल्यू) ने एक हस्ताक्षर अभियान शुरू किया है। फोरम ने विधि आयोग (लॉ...
October 27, 2016
Prof Tahir Mahmood, an international expert on Muslim law, speaks on how maulvis have thwarted reforms in the community and the need for judiciary to step in.
(This interview first published on Scroll.in in May 2015 is being republished here in view of the shrill campaign launched by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and other Muslim bodies any any reform in Muslim Personal Law)...