Marrying your Rapist – An Immortal Saga of Compromise and Humiliation in Rape Cases
A few years ago, Lebanon was bursting with protests and demonstrations from women’s rights groups against the draconian legal provision (marry-your-rapist law) that allowed rapists to avoid prosecution by marrying their own victims. Women’s rights activists hung…
Women Reservation Bill – A Buried Thought?
The Constitution of India is the lengthiest one of its kind in the world. Due to its status as a written constitution et one written down in a single document, it has 448 articles that lay down…
Reservation in India’s Elected Bodies
In easy words, Reservation means reserving access to seats. In India, reservation is all about reserving a certain percentage of seats in government institutions. It is for people who are from backward classes and under-represented communities. Reservation…
A Satire on Women Judgeship – Capable Candidate vs. Glitch in System
India is considered the world’s largest democratic nation with the world’s largest Constitution. The Constitution of India provides three organs of Government i.e. Executive, Parliament, and Judiciary. Judiciary is delegated with some of the most important tasks…
Abortion – Granting Women Rights or Snatching the Rights of the Unborn?
In a country like India, abortion is a very common term that almost everyone is familiar with. Although, the highest court of justice i.e. Supreme Court has passed a number of decisions on reproductive rights and the…
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao – Right of a Girl Child to Education
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao movement is moving forward with rapid strides. It has now become a campaign of public education. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India Over the last many years, a large fraction of women have…
How is the marriageable age set low for Women a matter of Injustice?
When are you planning to get married?, But eventually, you will have to settle down, right?, You have graduated now, you should probably get married, your degrees don’t matter, you eventually need to get married. Hailing from…
Paraya Dhan – The Status of Women in India and Legislation
‘Men and women’ are equal. This is a statement that every one of us has heard or said at some point in our lives, but very few of us actually believe and act according to it. The…
Transgenders – Legally accepted, Socially disrespected
15th April 2014, the day when 4.9 lakh lives in India, took a sigh of relief. ‘Recognition of transgenders as a third gender is not a social or medical issue but a human right issue‘ is what…
Human Trafficking – Curbing The Vice Against Humanity
The menace of human trafficking is not only large but a growing practice that has become a major concern of 21st-century international policy. We would generally assume that with the society becoming open-minded and the kind of…
Women Empowerment – The Future is Female
This world is made by both men and women collectively. The responsibilities were in-fact heavier on the shoulders of women. Despite such importance, women in this society are not treated well. Exploitation and barbarity against them is…
Protection of Women – Are Men the Victims?
Historically, women have been treated in ways that are atrocious. Naturally, it was the need of the society at that point of time to pass laws to protect women in the public sphere as well as between…
The Evil of Female Foeticide
Ancient Indian Vedic scriptures gave more importance to goddess devotion. A female was called the साम्राजिनि, the home’s queen and mistress, who was to get an equity percentage in religious ritual success. Manu, the rules-giver said, Gods…
Position of Women in Society
Position of women has always been a matter of discussion in debates, newspapers, social media and many magazines. Indian society from the ancient period to the modern times has considered women as an important part of society.…
She equals Him!
My makeup does not cover my bruised faceMy smile does not hide my haggard visageYet, no one comes to helpThey say: it will get betterThey say: don’t talk about itThey say: this was my fateThey say: a…
