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Domestic Violence Services Should Be Listed As Essential
Domestic or intimate partner violence has been around for a while but has been exacerbated during COVID-19. What can we do to support the survivors of such assault?
Paid Period Leave a Progressive Move towards Empathetic Workplaces
This move from companies that offer this leave recognises that women who suffer pain and other side effects have guaranteed time to take care of their health
Closure for Nirbhaya but is justice delayed, justice denied?
This was a case that grabbed media headlines in India and all over the world. But with this verdict, will anything change for women’s safety? Is our system working towards that?
Protest And Persist: Women Are The Fearless Face Of Resistance Worldwide
Women want a change. They want a better, inclusive and safer world where they have an equal opportunity to the benefits of social, political and economic policies.
Global Girl: Eirliani will ski to North Pole to campaign against Child Sexual Abuse
Eirliani won the 2015 BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Award. She sits on Twitter’s Trust & Safety Council. She is skiing to the North Pole in April 2020 to campaign against child sexual abuse.
Meet Eka Gigauri, Executive Director of Transparency International Georgia
“Sometimes you are very tired both physically and emotionally because political leaders are attacking and trying to make you give up what you do. This is the moment you realise that you are doing it right,” says Eka Gigauri.
Five good reasons why free Delhi metro rides will benefit women across society
Some have argued that this initiative disadvantages under-privileged men who do not get the same benefit. I believe that this issue has to be looked at separately and in no way is harmful to men.
Spotlight: Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly explores the power of women’s anger
Soraya Chemaly is a writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion and media. She is the Director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project and organizer of the Safety and Free Speech Coalition, both of which are involved in curbing online abuse, media and tech diversity, and […]
We owe it to ourselves to use #MeToo India movement to push for solutions
The last few weeks have been extremely exhausting with all the outpouring of stories concerning the MeToo India movement. In the United States, the entire country has been gripped by the ensuing drama of the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Judge Kavanaugh and the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford accusing him of sexual assault […]
UN Official Ravi Karkara sacked over sexual misconduct; time to fix the system
UN Women has just concluded a fifteen month long investigation into a sexual misconduct case against staffer Ravi Karkara. He has been dismissed from service and prohibited from employment within the United Nations system, which is the strongest disciplinary measure available within the UN Staff Regulations and Rules. When the United Nations — which is […]
