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Data Science Is The Need Of The Hour: Sucheta Dhere, WiDS Ambassador

Women are breaking the glass ceiling in every field possible and making a significant mark in the field of sciences too. Women in Data Science (WiDS) Pune ambassador Sucheta Dhere speaks to SheThePeople.TV about what can be done to motivate more women to work in data science and how it can empower millions of qualified women who […]

My Lessons On How To Raise A Feminist Son

Something funny happened on International Women’s Day, which was just last week, and it amused me so much that I had to write about it. On the morning of 8th March, as I was driving to drop off my teen son to his school, he was clearly deliberating whether to address his mom as ‘feminine’ or […]

Manjula Dharmalingam On The Battles Women Still Have To Win

Manjula Dharmalingam, the founder of ‘Her Second Innings,’ talks to us about why more women becoming proactive in matters concerning their rights and entrepreneurship is a good idea. Her endeavour encourages women to get back to work after a break. Some edited snippets from our conversation with her: What is the one battle that women […]

Here’s A List Of Things You Have Got To Stop Saying To Women, Enough!

As we’re moving ahead with times, it is vital for us to also reset our mind-set, to unlearn the prejudices, biases and stereotypes and learn the new progressive language that’s empowering, not sexist, and inclusive. It is passé to use women as props in advertisements that have nothing to do with women. We’re not here […]

Indian Women Still Depend on Male Family Members To Save For Them

I won’t lie to you. As a 26-year-old, I still rely on my father to save my money, to file my tax returns, and generally advise me on how to spend what I earn. The saving bit actually stemmed from my parents’ dire conviction from the time I started earning at age 20, that I […]

Ladies, Make These Five Promises To Yourself On Women’s Day

Being a woman in this world comes with a truckload of baggage and responsibilities. Not only are you treated as an inferior gender for the remaining 364 days, but there is also an unequal division in household chores, gender bias, sexual harassment and whatnot to deal with. So, this International Women’s Day promise yourself these five things. […]

Super-Woman Is A Myth And All Women Are Super: Dr Sharda Bapat

She had a BA and a Law degree under her belt, and was a hugely successful entrepreneur dealing in electronic safety devices, when her mother’s prolonged illness egged her on to consider becoming a doctor. Married, and mother to a 12-year-old son, Dr Sharda Bapat fought several bureaucratic hurdles, and naysayers, to not only become […]

Dr Anita Sharma On Her Driving School For Differently Abled

This Women’s Day SheThePeople.TV brings to you the story of an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at IIM Amritsar. Dr Anita Sharma, who survived a polio attack, teaches driving cars to differently abled and elderly women in Amritsar, Punjab through her initiative called ‘On My Own.’ Sharma’s endeavour is to make the country disabled-friendly, one gear at […]

Svati Chakravarty Bhatkal On Women’s Voices In Our Visual Narratives

She was a co-director and helmed field research for the television show Satyamev Jayate that ran from 2010 to 2014 on Indian television, with superstar Aamir Khan as the anchor. In Satyamev Jayate, Svati and the team brought to the forefront stories that mattered. When Satyamev Jayate ended, she decided there were stories she still […]

Sisterhood In The Ramayana And Why We Need To Talk More Of It

We often see Ramayana as an exposition on ideal brotherhood where the inherent affection among brothers and respect and regard for the elder siblings are never totally sacrificed for selfishness, power or greed; the theme of which runs across through four sets of brothers: Rama and his three brothers, Vali and Sugriva, Jatayu and Sampati, […]