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“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft

by Kiran Manral

At a press conference today, the brand ambassador for the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao mission, Amitabh Bachchan was asked his(…)

Gender equality in India teach the boy beta sikhao

by STP Team

In India, it’s the beti who needs to be protected. She must be stopped from ‘being herself’ and even more(…)

by Nimisha

A new study by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that a significant number of lawmakers have cases of(…)

by Bhawana

In what seems like a never-ending story in Uttar Pradesh, yet another incident of stalking and murder has come to(…)

by Ria Das

Actor and soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle will now take up a new role. Alongside Prince Harry she became the youth ambassador(…)

by Nimisha

An Acid attack survivor from Palanpur, Gujarat, received justice after years of acid attack. A court in Mehsana sentenced her(…)

Cate Blanchett Cannes Film Festival Jury

by Ria Das

Thus far, the year 2018 has marked women taking centre stage in every sphere. The celebrations at the 71st Cannes(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

In a country like ours, your gender can be a reason enough for you to be targetted for physical abuse.(…)

by Nimisha

An auto driver helped the police nab two women kidnappers in East Delhi. The women kidnapped a five-month-old girl from Lal(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

You know things are bad when even the Amul Girl cries over the atrocities being committed against women in our country.(…)

by Nimisha

Last week, Saudi Arabia organised its first Arab Fashion Week in the capital city of Riyadh. This is a huge(…)

by Ria Das

MC Mary Kom clenched medal in Women’s Boxing at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and this is the first(…)

Cathy Yan DC's First Asian Female Director

by Ria Das

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn is one of the best thing that happened to the DC universe. She totally nailed(…)

by Ria Das

As the Indian players headed home from the recently concluded 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast there were reports that(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

In yet another horrifying incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh. The girl had(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

The lawyer for five of the eight accused rapists, Ankur Sharma, reportedly made some distasteful remarks about the Kathua case’s only(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The national capital is under fire for the alarming rate of crime against women taking place in the state. To(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

Following the indefinite hunger strike that Delhi Commission for Women chief, Swati Malliwal is on, she has now alleged that(…)

by Jessica Xalxo

SXonomics, the brainchild of Ramya Pandyan (Idea Smith) and Dr Ishmeet Nagpal, came into being because of the spoken word(…)

by Akansha

A large crowd gathered at the amphitheater on Carter Road, Bandra to stand up against the injustice against rape and(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

Delhi Police recently arrested a man for flashing and masturbating after looking at two women in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Mariah Carey revealed in a recent interview to People’s Magazine that she has been suffering from Bipolar Disorder for 17(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

How pathetic as a human being you have to be to strike a deal with your daughter’s rape convicts? A(…)

by Ria Das

In a happy news, Haryana’s sports minister, Anil Vij, announced on Sunday that every sportsperson who belongs to the state(…)

by Bhawana

That their is a gender divide in premier engineering institutes, is not a new thing. But what is more concerning(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

From toys to dresses to playmates, young children make gender-based choices for many aspects of their lives. Author and screenwriter(…)

by Deepali

The World Bank recently came out with a Reflections of Employers’ Gender Preferences in Job Ads in India: An Analysis(…)

Preethi Herman Obama Foundation Fellowship

by Ria Das

Preethi Herman, Global Executive Director of Change.org, is part of the selected list of 20 civic leaders by former US(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

Do you want to know the extent to which a husband can go to extort dowry from his wife? Read(…)

Matunga: Mumbai's First “All-Women” Railway Station

by Nimisha

The Indian Railways is planning to increase the number of female officers in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) by next(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

A recent advertisement for a girls school published in the newspapers, shows a little girl grooming herself, with a backdrop of(…)

by Deepali

An assistant professor of Devanga Arts College in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu has been suspended for allegedly attempting to lure four students into sex(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The matter of women’s safety has worsened in the past few weeks. And the centre is under stress with all(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

After the UP government transferred the Unnao rape case to the CBI, the BJP MLA involved in the case, Kuldeep Singh Sengar,(…)

by Akansha

Comic books like Amar Chitra Katha have captured imaginations of all age groups since time immemorial, they have created a(…)

by Ria Das

In a shameful incident, Indian weightlifter Punam Yadav, a gold medallist in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast, was(…)

kathua-lawyer-deepika-anikathua-lawyer-deepika-ani

by Poorvi Gupta

In times when a horrific rape and murder trial is fanning communal distress, the lawyer fighting the case is ironically a Kashmiri(…)

by STP Editor

As protests across the country seek immediate action and justice for rape and murder of 8-year-old Kathua and the Unnao rape survivor, Arpita Das(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

In a bid to address gender imbalance in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the institution has decided to add(…)

by Bhawana

Conservation of environment is increasingly becoming a crucial issue to tackle all around the world. The need to spread awareness(…)

by Nimisha

The defending champions Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik settled for silver as they lost the final in Women’s Double Squash at(…)

by STP Team

There are protests across the country seeking immediate action and justice for rape and murder of 8-year-old Kathua and the(…)

Swara Bhasker slams Sanjay Leela Bhansali

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Be it an auto rickshaw driver or a troll on social media, everyone in this country has an opinion to(…)

by Akansha

This edition of ‘Bombaywaali‘ had none other than actor and social activist extraordinaire, Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal come in and share(…)

Girl rescued child marriage intermediate exam

by Charvi Kathuria

Child marriage is a blot on our society. Besides stripping children of their best days of life, it also thwarts(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Mary Kom redefines motherhood and what it means to be a sportswoman in India, by making her nation and family proud.(…)

by Nimisha

The 65th National Film Awards were announced yesterday. These awards will honour exemplary contributions to Indian cinema for the year(…)

by Nimisha

Kotak Mahindra Bank has recently fired one of its employees for writing an objectionable post on social media. In the(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The brutal case of gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old child in Jammu’s Kathua village has shaken the country’s conscience(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The conscience of Indians, that were shaken during the Nirbhaya gangrape case in 2012 leading to massive protests in the national capital, have(…)

by STP Team

The UN Resident Coordinator in India issued the following statement today. The UN in India strongly condemns the gang rape(…)

by Bhawana

What happened to Asifa and Unnao is a matter of national shame. The ugly state of affairs in the country(…)

by Nimisha

Recently, two rape cases were lodged against the caretaker of a Karjat boarding school. He had raped two deaf and mute(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

The BJP MLA from Unnao, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, isn’t the first politician in our country who is facing rape charges. There are(…)

by SafecityIndia

Women get raped because they wear jeans. Women get raped because they are out after dark. Women get raped because(…)

by Bhawana

Winds of change are blowing all over, with transgender people gradually getting the acknowledgement after decades of societal stigma. Surya(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

Thousands of people thronged India Gate in New Delhi to protest against the growing incidents of crime against women. A candlelight vigil(…)

by STP Team

SheThePeople has reproduced below the chargesheet filed in the rape case of an 8 year old in Kathua, Jammu and(…)

by STP Team

In what’s a big story, India’s union minister for Women and Child welfare, Maneka Gandhi has demanded death penalty for(…)

by Deepali

Saudi Arabia appears to be slowly working towards a different era of modernity, and equality. The recent developments on the path(…)

by Bhawana

A 24-year-old pregnant woman, who went missing earlier in the week from her house in Greater Noida’s Bisrakh, has been found(…)

by Akansha

Should women be able to take up space on the internet? Can this be done safely? What are ways in(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Indian politicians have a knack for making sexist comments, but when it comes to their understanding of rape it is nothing(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

After the clear failure of UP Police in attending to the Unnao girl rape case for several months, finally the(…)

by Shaili Chopra

The horrific rapes in India are now so common that every other day there is a Nirbhaya case. To me,(…)

by Jessica Xalxo

Some memories are forgotten with time while some leave a painful brand in their recollection. Years after the Partition, a(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

Delhi Police recently rewarded two women for showing courage and tackling the snatchers who tried to attack them, in two(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Shooter Heena Sidhu’s husband lifted her in his arms after she won a gold in the women’s 25-metre Pistol event(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

Young girls with an aptitude for science and technology will get an opportunity to train with some leading women scientists of(…)

by Charvi Kathuria

In a move aiming to benefit the transgender community, the government has amended Income Tax rules. According to the new(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

HIV AIDS is still a taboo topic in India. While medical science is doing a lot to empower those affected(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

The Pulitzer prize winning, Dominican American author, Junot Diaz opened up about being raped at the age of eight in(…)

by Bhawana

Assault on women and little girls have become an everyday story in our country. Days after the Unnao rape case and(…)

by Kiran Manral

That it would take the Supreme Court of this country to tell the men of the country that what they(…)

by Shaili Chopra

India has failed me. Not just as a woman. Not just as a citizen. It’s failed me as a human(…)

by Deepali

In Babra village of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh a husband and in-laws allegedly broke both hands of a woman because she(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

While trolls do not need any specific reason to wreak havoc in the lives of celebrities, they seem to take(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

During the hearing of a sexual assault case against actor Bill Cosby on Monday (April 9), the prosecutor made a(…)

by Bhawana

The transgender community has been fighting for its rights since ages. However, winds of change are blowing all over the(…)

Kerala Women dancers set Guinness World Records

by Poorvi Gupta

Kerala is planning something innovative to improve the safety scene for women in the state. The City Corporation is set(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti, who is embroiled in a domestic violence case filed by his wife, is facing arrest. Delhi Court Special Judge(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

With Indian athletes performing extremely well in the CWG 2018 edition, the media has been busy bringing us fresh news(…)

by ElsaMarie DSilva

Last week I was invited by Google to spend a day in rural India and check out their program –(…)

by Nimisha

The Jodhpur court recently passed a breakthrough judgement regarding the infamous Blackbuck poaching case that occurred in 1998. The court found(…)

by Nimisha

Manju Foujdar (29) a police sub-inspector from Bharatpur is all set to get married on April 19, and it is(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

Co-founded by two sisters, Shuchi Pandya and Shivani Pandya, Pipa+Bella raised one million dollars from Bangalore-based Fireside Ventures in a(…)

by Madhulika Ra Chauhan

To understand ‘Black Buck’ you need to understand “Bisnois” writes Madhulika Ra Chauhan: I was having this banter with a(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Priya Varrier aka the winking girl has run into more trouble. A new application has been filed, in objection to the(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

A rape survivor and family attempted suicide outside UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s house in Lucknow on Sunday (April 8). They took(…)

by Ria Das

If you were under the impression that feminist men are a rare breed, listen to what this Kerala man has(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The recent leak of CBSE question papers of Class 10 Maths and Class 12 Economics led the authorities to announce a re-test.(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

It was a dry morning in the heart of Uttar Pradesh. We landed in Lucknow and moved to a white Innova(…)

by Deepali

At the latest edition of SheThePeople Bookclub’s reading sessions held at SodaBottleOpenerWala in Khan Market, Anjali Kirpalani discussed her new(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

Life coach, Tony Robbins is the latest celebrity to have joined the list of privileged men who have made misguided(…)

by Yamini Pustake Bhalerao

So, now the generation Z is getting bored with smartphones and the internet, as millennials got bored of television and cable(…)

by Jessica Xalxo

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, edited by Mimi Mondal and Alexandra Pierce was recently nominated for the prestigious(…)

by Jessica Xalxo

YA Literature finds its first Parsi heroine among the locales of the Cama Parsi Colony and the halls of Qala(…)

by Poorvi Gupta

The Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW) appealed to the authorities to speed up the investigation into the murder of(…)

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