Renowned editors and activists join the campaign to free Journalists jailed in Chattisgargh
several well-known media personalities and civil rights activists, including Shekhar Gupta, Sevanti Nainan, Rajdeep Sardesai, Aruna Roy and Indira...
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Kiss Of Love supporters issue statement on Rahul Pasupalan and Resmi Nair arrest
After the arrest of Rahul Pasupalan and his wife Resmi Nair, who were active members of Kiss Of love...
Muslim women’s collective demand a ban on triple talaq
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan’s latest report on talaq calls triple talaq un-Islamic and demands a ban of the practice....
Bookmybai advert raises concerns over awful working conditions of domestic helpers
Pinjra Tod, an autonomous group that works to ensure affordable and non gender-discriminatory accommodation for women students in Delhi...
Closing doors for women empowerment: Govt to shut down Mahila Samkhya Programme
Modi government’s proposal to merge Mahila Samkhya programme with National Rural Livelihood Mission is unacceptable to women’s rights activists,...
International human rights group ask TN govt to release Dalit folk singer Kovan
Forum Asia criticises the arrest of folk singer S Sivadas, known as Kovan by the Tamil Nadu Government, as...
Women’s groups ask Delhi govt to withdraw proposal for death penalty for rapists of minors
Women organisations in Delhi send memorandum to Delhi government for immediate withdrawal of proposal to introduce capital punishment for...