Continuing the dialogue on feminism and what it means to different people. Here’s more on what the speakers said about what Feminism means to them. You can’t call yourself a feminist without involving men and boys to be part of the solution. Feminism is gender-neutral. We need to find ways to engage them and other […]
At  The Feminist Conference, at St. Andrew’s Auditorium in Mumbai on May 17th, 2018, we saw a spectrum of voices and beliefs. Opinions were exchanged about matters like the responsibility of feminists, the need for supporting each other, body shaming, prejudices faced by the queer community, how cinema can empower women and the likes. The speakers motivated the […]
“Feminism. Women’s rights. Women’s empowerment. I think it’s time we understood that we are essentially talking about the same thing.” Shaili Chopra, founder of media + community platform She the People, summed up both the crisis and the need in the debate surrounding feminism, and feminist activism today, in a Facebook Live hosted by media […]
At the Feminist Conference by SheThePeople.TV there were several discussions surrounding the inequalities faced by women and the queer community along with some very powerful and enlightening thoughts about how to limit these inequalities. One such speech that stood out and touched every person present in the auditorium was by Srishti Bakshi. Srishti is a […]
An evening full of thoughtful discussions, powerful opinions and an audience glued to their seats listening to different but effective definitions of feminism is what SheThePeople’s ‘The Feminist Conference‘ witnessed. Views were exchanged about matters like the responsibility of different generations of feminists to support each other, body shaming, prejudices faced by the queer community, […]
There is a huge divide between the way global technology pundits boast about the technology revolution and the way in which women and marginalized communities at the grass root level experience it. While, technology and the internet are more accessible today women still face barriers such as the patriarchy, mistrust in technology and how to […]
India ranked 108 out of 144 nations in the last Global Gender Gap report produced by the World Economic Forum, which looks at dimensions ranging from economic opportunities to political empowerment and healthcare. In the last 5 years, there has been a striking decline in the female population in the workforce, this only serves to […]
Cinema is not divorced from the society we live, so when we say let’s change the narrative, we can’t do that without the society actually changing. This was a major conversation during a panel dedicated to film and feminism at the SheThePeople.Tv’s Feminist Conference. Since ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha‘, many producers have praised Alankrita Shrivastava and […]
In our endeavour to seed more feminist thoughts we decided to ask around people, who are in roles which influence public opinion, what they think about feminism. Here are some responses from Rohini Ramnathan the popular radio jockey on Radio Nasha in Mumbai. A big part of being a feminist comes from my family where […]
Body shaming the world over has created a widespread culture of non-acceptance, this is especially highlighted and even endorsed by the media and social media platforms. In India, after actor Vidya Balan muted a media reporter who was harshly criticizing her for her weight gain and body shape during the promotions of her film Tumhari […]
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