Activists call CLA bill historic but slam tenor of its parliamentary debate
Opinions expressed by many of the members of parliament during the debate have exposed their misogynistic attitudes towards women...
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Solidarity campaign for Suja Jones and child
Petition by women and human rights organizations calls for support and justice for Suja Jones, who has taken her...
UN Commission commits to women’s rights
UN Women welcomes the outcome of 57th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, held...
Criminal law bill 2013: one step forward, two steps backward, say activists
Women’s groups call for changes in the new Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013, passed by the Union Government of...
The irony of iconhood: The life and times of Bhanwari Devi
In 1992, Bhanwari Devi, then a Sathin, grassroots worker, with the state-run women’s development project in Rajasthan, was raped,...
Make breast cancer drug affordable, activists urge minister on women’s day
By Team FI Health rights activists, cancer survivors and women’s groups in India have called on the Commerce Minister...
Gender neutral is not gender just, activists
Activists express concern over the major lacunae in the 2013 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance introduced after nationwide protests and...
In memoriam: Lotika Sarkar 1923 – 2013
Saluting Professor Lotika Sarkar who fought to make the country’s laws uphold gender justice and women’s rights By Vibhuti...
Suryanelli rape case: 17 years on, the accused are still roaming free
Seventeen years after the fact, a patriarchal society still shrouds the life of the young woman, known as the...