महिलाये
April 21, 2016
Haji Ali Sab Ke Liye
Women of all religions have the right to equal access to sacred space
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March 21, 2016
School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences cordially invites you to
Tackling Gender-Based Harm on campus: the University of the Witwatersrand experience
A Lecture by Dr. Jackie Dugard, associate professor at the School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand,
Date and Time: Monday, 21 March 2016 at 4 pm
Venue: Room #4, Tata...
March 17, 2016
Synopsis
Muslim legal tradition does not treat men and women equally. At the root of this discrimination lies a theological assumption: God has given men authority over women. This assumption is justified with reference to a Qur'anic verse (4:34) and is expressed in two key legal concepts that underlie the logic of most contemporary Muslim family laws. One, qiwamah, generally denotes a...
March 10, 2016
In Conversation with Pranjal Rewa
This interview was conducted in New Delhi on March 9, 2016. It is a collaborative effort between Communalism Combat, Newsclick and Hillele TV
The battle of the gun fosters more conflict, never peace: Soni Sori
Bandook ki ladhai se hamesha Ashaanti hogi, Shaanti Kabhi Nahin: Soni Sori
We are neither with the Naxalites who have the guns...
March 8, 2016
500 women from 21 women’s organizations which have been working for women’s rights for two decades or more will be marching from Kotwal Gardens, Dadar West to Amar Hind Mandal, Dadar West.
Main Speaker: Ms Suhasini Ali, President of the All India Women’s Democratic Association
Songs and a Play on the Women’s Movement will be presented by Stree Mukti Sanghatana
Date...
February 25, 2016
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Muslim Auraton ki Awaaz: Sadak se Sansad tak
Dear Friends and Comrades,
Let us all gather in the national capital on 27th and 28th February 2016 to demand the fundamental rights to life, dignity, equality and non-discrimination, for freedom of religion and expression for Muslim women. Let us bring together the visions and struggles of women’s movements,...
February 18, 2016
भारतीय समाज की सबसे निचली सीढ़ी पर खड़ी दलित स्त्री ने समाज की वर्जनाओं निषेधाज्ञाओं को लांघते हुऐ ब्राह्मणवादी व्यवस्था केमुख्य आधार स्तम्भ; पितृसत्ता, धर्म और जातीयता को हमेशा कड़ी टक्कर दी है। चाहें वह चिन्तन का क्षेत्र हो अथवा संघर्ष का, दोनो स्तरों पर उसने अपने अस्तित्व व अस्मिता की लड़ाई को प्राचीन काल से लेकर आज तक जारी रखा है।
आधुनिक महिला आन्दोलन की शुरूआत 18वीं शताब्दी से...
February 10, 2016
It is paradoxical in the extreme; it’s also a fact of life. Muftis, qazis, maulanas and molvis in India keep proclaiming that Islam has given justice and rights to women that no other religion has. The fact however is that thanks to the clerics, in the name of the Muslim Personal Law in India, when it comes to gender relations, the plight of Muslim women in secular democratic India is far...