India Ranked Worst G20 Country for Women
Gender experts responding to a global poll rank India as the worst for women among the G-20 countries By...
Author: Team FI
Women: Married to Personal Laws?
In India, caste and religion seem to be the considering factors for deciding the marriageable age of a woman,...
Kerala State to Police Migrant Labourers
Human rights activists protest Kerala government’s new registration system for migrant workers By Team FI Kerala, with its widely...
Delhi High Court: Marriage at 15 Acceptable for Muslim Girls
The Delhi High Court upholds the marriage of a minor Muslim girl and allows her to stay with her...
Human Rights: India’s disappointing response to UN
UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review urges India to ratify UN Convention against Torture and the UN Convention...
Missing Intersectionality in Sex Positive Feminism: The Unaddressed Racism in Porn
Feminists, both for porn and against it, hardly ever address the many ways in which racism, classism, ableism, etc...
Abortion Rights: The Gender and Disability Dichotomy
The feminist position of supporting the ban on sex selective abortion but permitting abortion of a foetus with genetic...
Muslim Women’s Rights: Artificial Concern?
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, one of the largest Muslim women’s groups in India questions the credibility of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind’s...
In Memoriam: Prof. Leela Dube (1923-2012)
Renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar Leela Dube passed away at her residence in Delhi on 20 th May. She...