Women journalists’ body condemns Mumbai gangrape
The Network of Women in Media, India, condemning the gangrape of a photo-journalist in Mumbai, has demanded safety for...
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Roche India gives up patent for breast cancer drug
A victorious Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab calls for generic manufacturers to come forward and apply for licences to manufacture...
Loving “her” to death
Patriarchy is responding to the increasing individuation of women with newer forms of misogyny, even as it continues its...
In memoriam: Sharmila Rege (1964 -2013)
By Uma Chakravarti In the last six months or so the small community of feminist scholars cum activists has...
“She is free to go wherever she wants!”, Kerala HC tells parents
Kerala High Court upholds adult woman’s right to decide where and how she wants to live without parental intimidation...
Women’s groups demand compensation for bar dancers
Women’s organizations asks Maharashtra government to remedy the gender bias and caste apartheid practiced by its ban on dance...