In India, there is no dearth of people, even in prominent positions making bizarre comments about a woman’s acceptable dress code. Such intellectuals, including power holders like politicians and leaders of religious organisations, seem to equate all social evils imposed on women with what they wear. How or not they are sanskaari (full of values). How […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2017′ report, estimates that 190.7 million people are undernourished in India. We are home to the largest number of hungry people in the world. Despite improvements in the last few years, the condition remains worrying, with consequences ranging […]
The Fortune magazine recently released its list of 40 most influential and inspiring young people in business under the age of 40. Four Indian origin leaders found a place in the list, three of whom are women. Chief Finance Officer of the US largest automaker, General Motors Dhivya Suryadevara occupies the 4th spot on the list, […]
In a historic move, WWE is all set to launch its first ever all women pay-per-view event, called Evolution. It will begin live broadcast from Nassau Coliseum on Sunday, October 28th, featuring title defences from the RAW Women’s Champion, the SmackDown Women’s Champion, and the NXT Women’s Champion. Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H announced the […]
The Chhattisgarh government has launched the ‘Sanchar Kranti Yojana’ (SKY) under which 45 lakh women and five lakh college students will get smartphones equipped with information facilities. With the aim of ensuring each citizen gets the benefit of information technology and transparent and good governance, these smartphones will be distributed free of cost within a time period. For the scheme, […]
Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She is the first woman to take over the position in the state. Former Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed left office in March this year, following which the post was vacant. Justice Mittal is the senior-most judge of Delhi High […]
Switzerland’s top junior girls’ squash player Ambre Allinckx has pulled out of the 2018 World Junior Squash Championship to be held in Chennai over concerns of safety. The 16-year old’s parents were apprehensive about sending their daughter to a country that was recently labelled the ‘most dangerous country for women‘. Pascal Bhurin, coach of the […]
While hearing a plea on marital rape, Delhi High Court said that marriage does not mean that a woman is always consenting for physical relations with her husband. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar said that in a relationship like marriage, both man and woman have a right to say ‘no’ […]
In a move that will bring relief to thousands of child brides in India, the WCD Ministry is aiming to make child marriages completely void. It has decided to move the cabinet to make amendments in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, to make it more effective. According to a report in Indian […]
The governing body of diving in the United States has recently been accused of ignoring allegations of sexual abuse. A federal lawsuit was filed against USA Diving by two former female divers. In the lawsuit, they accused coach Will Bohonyi of forcing them into sex while he worked at the Ohio State University Diving Club. Will […]
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