Gender

Owning Property Empowers Women In Unique Ways”: An Interview With Bina Agarwal

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this, she was the Director and Professor of Economics at the...

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Outside Of Class, This Afghan Teen Rapper Travels The World To End Child Marriage

Sonita Alizadeh — the Afghan teenager who escaped a teen marriage by writing a rap song about it — goes to a boarding high school in Utah, and is campaigning again...

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In Photos: The Seed-Saving Farmers Who Pass Down Land To Their Daughters

At sunset, Bibiana Ranee sets out to gather wild edibles for dinner from the surrounding forest. She returns with bright bunches of greens. Jarainand jali are washed, sliced, ...

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Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and Madh...

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Kalki Koechlin’s New Video Is The Most Powerful Thing On The Internet Today

Kalki Koechlin is a self-made woman, who has earned respect and celebrity based on her talents. She is one of the few actors in Bollywood whom we think stands for being a grea...

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2016 Golden Globes Continue The Conversation About Gender Equity In Hollywood

With Ricky Gervais bungling the female-forward punch line just five minutes into his gig as host, the 2016 Golden Globes proved a significant forum to further discussion about...

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Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, &ls...

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India Needs To “Save Its Daughters” Through Education And Gender Equality

Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in politics, economics, education or health — is still a dist...

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Yes, Even Doctor Barbie Sends Girls the Wrong Message

The last few years have been tough ones for Barbie. Sales have declined significantly, dropping 16 percent in 2014 alone. In an effort to jumpstart the sagging brand, Mattel h...

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Hanging With The Girl-Kings Of One Of The World’s Only Matriarchies

Mawlynnong isn’t like the rest of India, or the rest of the world for that matter. Tucked into the jungle of the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, on the border of Ba...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024