Many of us have this weird search engine within ourselves that hunts for flaws when triggered by someone who doesn’t accept us. To all those who do not like me, I’m completely fine with your choice. I love myself just as I am
The number of girls entering the various campuses of IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) has doubled since last year. The number has increased from 995 in 2017 to 1841 in 2018. For boys, the total remained 10,101. The seventh and last round of admission closed on Thursday. Increase seats for girls: HRD Ministry The HRD ministry […]
Data from the Maharashtra government has revealed that about 26,000 females have gone missing in Mumbai during the last five years. Of these, as many as 2,200 are yet to be traced and 300 of these girls are below the age of 18 years, reported TOI. The data was revealed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as a reply to […]
Anu Kumari from Uchwawal village in Jharkhand’s Latehar district has become the first person to clear her matriculation exam. The village is mostly inhabited by the Parahiya tribes. They are one of the 12 primitive tribes in Jharkhand, reported HT. Chalitar Parahiya, the girl’s father, stood tall and proud after his daughter’s achievement. He said she stood against the […]
A class VIII student from Rajasthan exhibited great valour by approaching the police to complain against her parents who were allegedly forcing her to marry a middle-aged man. She also told the authorities that the man was offering her parents a sum of Rs 10 lakh for the same.
The Delhi High Court has directed the state government to implement self-defence training programmes for girls in government schools.
A book which aims to teach kids as young as seven about gender diversity is set to be made part of the school syllabus in the UK. The book — written by LGBT activist CJ Atkinson — is narrated using a protagonist by the name Kit who was born a girl but identifies herself as a boy.
Sexism dominates most of the system today — even educational institutes, which should provide us the basic knowledge of equality. Whether or not we admit it – certain things are limited to women students compared to their male peers (eg. Some colleges don’t allow girls in jeans). It recently came to light that the Vice-Chancellor […]
A new UNICEF report, released ahead of the International Day of the Girl, found that girls between the ages of 5 and 14 spend an average of 40 per cent more time on household chores than boys of the same age do. They spend 550 million hours a day, and 160 million more hours on […]
A shoutout to all those women who have been harassed just for being independent.
