Tag: RIGHTS
Here’s What’s Important to Consider this International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women...
Efforts to prevent violence against women and girls should be based on careful identification of causes
What’s behind Taliban’s Fear of Educated Young Women?
The Taliban's determination to curtail women's educational rights has attracted widespread criticism, here is an article exploring the issue.
MP’s Baigachak region, the first to receive Habitat Rights, is yet to understand what...
In 2015, in Madhya Pradesh, Baigachak, which comprises seven villages where the Baiga tribe lives, was the first area to receive Habitat Rights under the Forest Rights Act. However, even today several people living in the area are unaware about the recognition and what these rights entail.
What Lies Behind the Failure of PESA: India’s Greatest Initiative to Empower Tribal Communities
The article discusses why the PESA despite being such an important step to empower tribal communities in the nation failed to fulfil its expectations.
Achieving gender equality in India: what works, and what doesn’t
India as a country sees many discrepancies as far as achieving the goal of gender equity is concerned, how can the gaps in the system be effectively addressed?
Do you have a Right to Protest? The Coronavirus’s Impact on Freedom of Assembly
The article looks at the impact of the COVID-19 on people's right to protest.
Colombia gives nearly 1 million Venezuelan migrants legal status and right to work
Colombia will grant legal status to all Venezuelan migrants who fled there since 2016 to escape their country’s economic collapse and political crisis.
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Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
Outspoken critics of the Taliban’s undemocratic vision of peace have often been threatened or killed, will this continue to compromise on women's access to rights in the future?
The Menace of Child Labour and Why it Needs to be Urgently Stopped
Despite a series of legislations, child labour is a rampant reality. Depriving children of their potential and right to dignity, there is an urgent need to fight the menace.
NIA Alleges Stan Swamy Participated in ‘Deep-rooted Conspiracy’, Refuses Bail Plea
The National Investigation Agency or the NIA has gone ahead and opposed the bail plea of arrested activist and tribal rights champion Stan Swamy.
