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Explained: What Had Kamla Bhasin Got To Do With The Azadi Slogan?
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Explained: What Had Kamla Bhasin Got To Do With The Azadi Slogan?

Bhasin, who passed away on Saturday, first chanted the slogans of freedom in 1991 at Women's Studies Conference at...

27 Sep 2021 7:00 AM GMT
The Professor Who Got Afghan Women To Tell Taliban: #DoNotTouchMyClothes
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The Professor Who Got Afghan Women To Tell Taliban:...

A former professor in Afghanistan started an online campaign to protest against the Taliban's dress code for female...

16 Sep 2021 1:10 PM GMT
What Happened After A 9-Year-Old Girl In Delhi Was Forcibly Cremated
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What Happened After A 9-Year-Old Girl In Delhi Was Forcibly Cremated

Her family said she was raped and killed, and forcibly cremated. Locals say there have been rape cases on the same...

7 Aug 2021 7:17 AM GMT
Demi Lovato, Elliot Page, Miley Cyrus: What Does Non-Binary Mean?
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Demi Lovato, Elliot Page, Miley Cyrus: What Does Non-Binary Mean?

Two years ago, at Delhi's first queer literature festival when Arpit, a sexuality rights activist, reminded another...

21 May 2021 4:13 AM GMT
Explained: Why Delhis Slum Dwellers Are Struggling To Get Vaccinated
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Explained: Why Delhi's Slum Dwellers Are Struggling To Get Vaccinated

As urban India queues up to get vaccinated, many don't know how to get the vaccine. But there are ways to make the...

17 May 2021 7:37 AM GMT
Covid-19 Is Leaving Indias Children Orphaned, This Is What We Can Do
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Covid-19 Is Leaving India's Children Orphaned, This Is What We Can Do

The pandemic is expected to disrupt many children's lives. It also tells a story of India's flawed adoption system.

4 May 2021 9:27 AM GMT
Explained: Why The COVID-19 Pandemic Forced More Women Out of Jobs
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Explained: Why The COVID-19 Pandemic Forced More Women Out of Jobs

More than 2.5 million women left the workforce during the pandemic, many voluntarily, due to a sudden lack of childcare.

21 April 2021 6:55 AM GMT
Same-Sex Couple To HC: Without Marriage, Strangers Before Law
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Same-Sex Couple To HC: Without Marriage, Strangers Before Law

4 pleas filed by same-sex couples and members of the LGBTQIA+ challenge 3 different personal laws governing rules for...

20 Oct 2020 1:17 PM GMT
Orissa High Court Reiterates Gay Couples Right To Live Together
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Orissa High Court Reiterates Gay Couples' Right To Live Together

The High Court reiterated the rights of same-sex couples to live together.

26 Aug 2020 12:35 PM GMT
60% Of Children Adopted In India Are Girls
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60% Of Children Adopted In India Are Girls

More girls have been adopted in India than boys over the last four years, according to this reply to the Lok Sabha on...

16 Jan 2018 10:27 AM GMT
Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence
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Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence

Domestic violence is not specific to a particular religious group; Australian statistics indicate that one in six women...

14 Jun 2017 9:13 AM GMT
‘Muslims Have A Lower Divorce Rate’, Says AIMPLB; But Where Is The Data?
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‘Muslims Have A Lower Divorce Rate’, Says AIMPLB; But Where Is The...

AIMPLB member claims RTI data from family courts show less number of divorces among Muslims. But extra-judicial divorces ...

19 April 2017 2:09 PM GMT