Historically, the law and lawmakers showed tendencies to cater to subjective moralistic attitudes of what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ when it comes to sex work.

Professor Hema Swaminathan, a faculty member in the Public Policy area at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore who authored the said paper spoke to SheThePeople and answered some questions.

Focusing solely on pay differences leads people to underestimate the long-term financial consequences of gender inequities as the pay gap also has implications for pensions.

We also found a woman’s most important defence against falling into poverty after a separation is having a stable job and income before the breakup.

There is very little education both formal and informal available to counter these ideas, minimal counselling and absolutely poor resource centres for survivors to seek legal, medical and rehabilitative recourse.

Engagement with male colleagues, establishing mechanisms to link DEI priorities with business targets, and shifting mindsets to influence company culture emerged as key action areas to ensure sustainability of DEI interventions.

Policies intended to prevent intimate partner femicide should not become narrowly focussed around gendered factors such as men’s attitudes to women and toxic masculinity.

Unlike Indian cricket fans, women do not bleed blue.

The inspiring work by female reporters covering this conflict hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Sexual violence by humanitarians remains a persistent problem in conflicts and refugee crises all over the world.