Tag: Women
Women Enter Dark Pregnancy Den Amid COVID-19 Pandemic in India
An over-burdened public health system is witnessing the state withdraw from its responsibilities towards the welfare of India’s pregnant women amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus Infected and Pregnant: Shocking Reality of a Kanpur Shelter Home for Minors
After Muzaffarpur and Deoria, Kanpur shelter home for minor girls highlights inhuman treatment at state-run facilities as 57 minor girls are found COVID-19 positive amid pandemic.
Destined To be Invisible : Why Indian Women are Absent from the Public Discourse...
The pandemic threatens women’s representation in the Indian public discourse and makes them further invisible from the domains of education, employment and empowerment.
In the Name of Honour: Romina Ashrafi’s Brutal Murder in the Hands of Iranian...
Thirteen year old Romina Ashrafi’s brutal murder in the name of honour, puts Iran’s patriarchal society to the forefront of public debate.
Women in the Informal Sector Worst Hit by Lockdown, Suggests ISST Study
Women working in the informal sector are faced with unprecedented hardships amid the lockdown that only highlight and underline a highly gendered cultural ethos based on discriminatory practices.
Quarantine Domestic Violence Turns into a Nightmare for Women in Abusive Homes
Domestic violence has been on the rise in Bangladesh ever since the lockdown first began.
Women in India’s Informal Sector: Marginality and Inequality Underline Gender Gap
Women’s participation in the informal economy is phenomenal but their representation is insignificant. There is a need to secure the livelihoods of the working poor and especially the women employed in the informal economy.
Misogyny and a Culture of Sexual Violence are at the Core of the ‘Bois...
The recent controversy regarding the ‘bois locker room’ highlights the complicit culture of toxicity and rape that the prevalence of performative masculinity takes for granted.
Missing Women Migrants : The Male Centric Story of Migration Amid the Lockdown
Migration of thousands of workers from urban centres in the phase of the lockdown has been at the heart of the public imagery, but why are the women missing from this male dominated migration narrative?
World Records Rise in Domestic Violence Cases with Coronavirus Lockdown
The lockdown means that women are forced to constantly live with their abusers day and night. The global rise in domestic violence is certainly a cause of concern.
