Why are sanitary napkins taxed when beedis are tax free? NGO SheSays has started a campaign called #LahuKaLagaan which aims to push Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to abolish the tax on women’s sanitary products from the GST. Time to do away with the tax on Sanitary Napkins. Mr @arunjaitley, Sanitary Napkins must be affordable & […]

One cannot address sexual violence through the prism of a ‘woman’s only’ issue. It is a public heath issue that adversely affects the societal climate with lasting psycho-social and economic ramifications. In the recent past, Sexual Harassment at the Workplace has been addressed through cases such as the Tehelka and the Pachauri case. However there […]

With SheSaysIndia, conducts gender conversations in schools with boys and girls

My clothes are a medium of self-expression, it is not a green or red signal for anyone to approach me.

We tell survivors to ‘fight back, but remember to stay alive’. We admonish them if they vent their feelings

Making public spaces safe for women – our effort in this edition of FEMINIST RANI made an effort to engage with people who are using technology to help make more public spaces safer for women. “We need to stop being tolerant, we need to speak up,” insisted Trisha Shetty, Founder of She Says India. Her […]