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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicFeminism

Topic: Feminism

How Frozen ended Disney’s obsession with male-centric stories

Subsequent hits included the strongly female-centric Moana, Encanto, and Turning Red.

Closing gender gap will solve global economic crises. But at this rate, it could take a century

Raising female participation in the workforce by 5.9 percentage points could help emerging markets grow their economies by around 8 per cent.

5 older feminists recall what kickstarted their fight—1975 report that changed everything

Brimming with nostalgic stories, these women recalled their contribution to the 1970s women’s movement in India at an event in Delhi’s IIC.

Germany announces ‘feminist foreign policy’, aims to have more women in senior roles

The move looks to give German foreign service 'a more female face', including creation of the post of an 'ambassador for feminist foreign policy'.

SubscriberWrites: How Hindutva allows a section of women to claim space within its ideology

The most 'disturbing' and powerful effect of Hindutva on women has been the widespread participation of women in riots and violent demonstrations, writes Gaurang Singh.

A fierce feminist, poet – how Kamini Roy broke the glass ceiling for women in the 1880s

With many firsts to her name, Kamini Roy was a trailblazer in women’s rights advocacy

Jeans to salwars—all welcome to demand rights at Aurat March. But some Pakistanis can’t digest it

Aurat March put out slogans like 'Mera jism, meri marzi' among its many demands. And Mahira Khan, Sheema Kermani have come out in support.

‘I opened a closed door’ — Fathima Beevi, India’s 1st woman judge in SC who remains an enigma

In 'Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India', Kiran Manral talks about how important Fathima Beevi was in India's feminist struggle.

SubscriberWrites: A poem to highlight the personal experience of working women in India

This composition is an attempt to stir a conversation on a woman’s basic right to make her own choices ahead of Women’s Day, writes Sangeeta Kampani.

One way for women to tackle an uneven playing field—choose a boss, not a job

In 'Awakening the Rainmaker', Nishtha Anand maps out how women have carved out their own space within a corporate world.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.